Short Flashcard - Enlightenment, G Awakening

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Influence of John Locke and other Enlightenment philosopher

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It caused people to question authority.

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It set forth the idea that colonists would agree to government by majority rule.

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Why is this sequence of events important?

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Colonists established a tradition of self-government.

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8.3(B)

8.29(C)

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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First written constitution that expanded voting rights to non-church members

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What was the Great Awakening?

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A series of religious revivals in the American colonies

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In order to protect liberty, Montesquieu proposed that government be divided into separate branches.

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government be divided into separate branches.

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The idea that the government gets its power to govern from the people who agree to follow the laws

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Consent of the Governed

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This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

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Enlightenment

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The Great Awakening was a __________ movement.

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religious