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13 Cards in this Set
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The Enlightenment |
- western thought and culture - dramatic revolutions --> science, philosophy, society, politics |
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John Locke - "Two Treatises of Government" |
- political philosophy - anti-monarchy - natural rights, contract theory |
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"The Spirit of Laws" - Baron de Montesquieu |
- treatise on political theory - influenced the ideas of the Founding Fathers |
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The Seven Years' War - French and Indian War |
- Great Britain vs. France - led to Britain's rise as the world's predominant power |
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Royal Proclamation of 1763 |
- King George III --> after the French and Indian War - didn't allow settlement past the Appalachian Mountains --> angered colonists who wanted to move west |
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Sugar Act |
- Britain imposed taxes on the colonies --> to raise revenue for the crown |
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Stamp Act |
- Britain imposed tax on the colonies --> paper |
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Townshend Act |
- series of acts --> raise money in the colonies - pay political figures to remain loyal to Britain |
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British Purchase of Iroquois Confederacy Lands |
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The Boston Massacre |
- British soldiers killed people while under attack by a mob - heavily publicized |
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The Tea Act |
- tax imposed by the Townshend Act on tea - to reduce the amount of tea held by the British East India Company |
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The Boston Tea Party |
- political protest --> Sons of Liberty - destroyed a shipment of tea in the Boston Harbr |
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Intolerable / Coercive Act |
- series of laws passed by Britain after the Boston Tea Party - punish colonists for their defiance --> took away self-government and historic rights - led to outrage in the colonies --> American Revolution |
