 1. unrestricted power of the
government with Divine Right to
rule.
 2. Enlightenment, Observation ,
logic,
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3.
John Locke
Baron de
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Cesar
Beccaria
Purpose of government is to protect peoples’
Natural Rights that of Life, Liberty, Property
The best way to protect people’s rights is to
divide power into 3 branches
Freedom of speech
oppression
is the only way to fight
People should receive a speedy and fair
trial.
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4. Deism, God created the world and then
stepped away

5. French & Indian War, Ohio Territory,
George Washington, frontier style
 6. Ben Franklin, Snake
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7. French lost
English Won
 8. The war was expensive and they
ended up with a lot of debts
 9. the colonists were not treated like
full British citizens, less pay in army,
not representation in Parliament
 10. raising taxes

11. Stamp Act raised taxes on paper and
legal documents, newspapers

Quartering Act forced colonists to
house and feed British soldiers

Sugar Act was a tax on the molasses,
silks, wine

Intolerable Act was a consequence for
Tea Party- closed Boston Harbor
 12. No Representation in Parliament
 13. Tyranny- a government’s abuse
of power
 Liberty- political freedoms
 14. Thomas Paine, Common Sense
 15. Continental Army
disadvantages- lacked
experience, supplies and food
advantages- fight at home, will
to win, frontier style fighting
 16.
 17.
First Battle- Lexington & Concord
Turning point- Saratoga
Final Battle-Yorktown
Thomas Jefferson
He used John Locke’s ideas of Natural
Rights: Life & Liberty as well as
Consent of the governed.
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18. Clergy, no taxes
Nobility, (very little) taxes of
Everyone else, paying taxes up to
50% of income

19. 3rd Estate, National Assembly,
Tennis Court
keep meeting to create a Constitution

20. Louis XVI, France declared war on
Austria and Prussia. The king was
convicted of treason and was executed.

21. protect France from its enemies,
Robespierre, dictator

22. 1793 – 1794 “enemies of the Revolution”
guillotine

23. Jacobins, executed
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24. He was a national hero and the people of
France would rather have a strong leader
than a weak democracy.