VUS.4 American Revolution - prequel

All of the following were ideas borrowed from English philosopher John Locke used by colonists to create new government EXCEPT - 

• Limited Government
• Divine Right of Kings
• Natural Rights
• Social Contract

The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because -

• It levied high taxes on the colonists
• It forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains  
• It denied the colonists members in Parliment
• It resulted in increased manufacturing in the colonies

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

Many political philosophers met and discussed their ideas on government during the 1600's and 1700's. The was also known as the _______________ Period.

• Enlightenment

• Lighted

• Victorian

• Revolutionary

He believed that people created government and chose to be governed, by contract, between the ruler and the ruled.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

He believed believed in dividing the government power into separate branches in order limit corruption.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

The idea that people give up some of their power to the government in exchange for the protection of the laws that government provides.

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Natural Rights

The right to life, liberty, and property

• natural rights

• social contract

• natural beauty

• popular sovereignty

In general, how did the colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They felt that it supported their freedom and they supported it.
• They felt it was an infringement on their freedom of movement and were angry about it.
• They were not involved so it did not affect them.
• They supported it because they believed the King had the AUTHORITY to make this law.

What was one effect of the Treaty of Paris?

• The French gained a huge amount of land in North American had had been claimed by the British.
• The British gained a huge amount of land in North American had had been claimed by the French.
• The Native American Indians were able to take control of their land.
• The Treaty formally ended the American Revolution.