| A | B |
| Constitution was written during | The Enlightenment |
| preceded era of Constitution | The Renaissance |
| light and dark | ciaroscuro |
| A World Lit Only by Fire | William Manchester |
| Hand Boiler | Jacques Charles |
| life was solitary poor nasty short | Thomas Hobbes |
| we are born with natural rights | John Locke |
| ideal govt has three branches | Charles de Montesquieu |
| man is born free | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| first government in U.S. | Articles of Confederation |
| Articles of Confederation abbrev. | A.O.C. |
| showed A.O.C. to be weak | Shays' Rebellion |