| A | B |
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| John Locke | English philosopher believed in the idea of Natural Rights |
| Natural Rights | life, liberty, property |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Social Contract | relationship between people and their government |
| Stamp Act | taxes to help pay for the French and Indian War |
| Britain interference with colonial governments | concern for colonists in early 1770's |
| kings | disapproved of the Social Contract theory |
| who was influenced by natural rights | Jefferson learned from Locke |
| impact of Common Sense | made Colonists desire independence from England |
| Proclamation Act of 1763 | prevented Colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| characteristics of the Social Contract Theory | people agree to obey a government; government agrees to protect the people; people can create a new government if people and rights are not protected |
| Philosophers whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence | Locke, Paine, Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| purpose of the Declaration of Independence | justified reasons for the Colonies becoming independent |
| are created equal; by their Creator | Declaration of Independence stated: all men....; and endowed ... |
| enlightenment philosophers believed the power to rule reside with whom | the people |
| rights according to the Declaration of Independence include | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
| when can people alter the government according to the Declaration of Independence | if governments become destructive |
| unalienable means | rights that cannot be taken away |
| result of the French and Indian War | French lost their land claims in North America |
| patriots | supporters of independence |
| First Continental Congress | expressed discontent with parliaments laws |
| Social Contract Theory | power to rule based on consent of the people |
| Boston | city that protest England's rule |
| Boston Massacre | civilians who threw ice and rocks at soldiers , who then fired upon the crowd |
| Paul Revere's painting | depicted the colonists be shot for no reason |
| cause of the Boston Tea Party | a protest by colonists to an unfair tax |
| the Enlightenment | an interest in science and reason |
| reason for the Boston Tea Party | colonists resisting British rule |
| loyalists | opposed separation from Britain |
| Patrick Henry | "give me liberty or give me death" |
| Lexington and Concord | first battle of the American Revolution |
| belief of patriots | be united or die |
| Appalachian Mountains | divided colonists from the west |
| France | claimed land west of the Proclamation line |
| Spain | claimed land west of the Mississippi |
| Sons of Liberty | Patriots |
| Treaty of Paris | signed to end the Revolutionary War |
| order of events | French and Indian War; Proclamation Act of 1763; Declaration of Independence, Yorktown |
| message of "Common Sense" | separation from England was a logical course to take |
| list of grievances | 28 complaints about the king |
| Navigation Acts | colonists only export goods to England, trade to be conducted on English ships, colonists could not compete with English businesses |
| cause of the French and Indian War | rivalry between England and France for land |
| No taxation without representation | colonists opposed taxes by parliament |
| violated colonists privacy | the Quartering Act, Writs of Assistance, increased numbers of troops |
| Tories | colonists who supported the king |
| the Stamp Act | tax on documents like playing cards |
| "first shot heard around the world | the Battle of Lexington and Concord |
