| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Natural Rights | Life,liberty,and property |
| social contract | agreement between all the people with the government |
| state of nature | no government law (unrestricted freedom) |
| consent | permission, power, people |
| Reason | to think rationally and clearly about the trade off. Compromise |
| Thomas Hobbs | believed all man are evil |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | men are basically good |
| civic virtue | selfless, putting aside personal interest |
| common good | the most good for a whole. least harm |
| republican government | the people elect their representatives doesn't work in large areas, (power of the people) |
| common law | tradition/ custom |
| Rights of an English men | Privacy, fair trial, representation |
| rule of law | everyone is subject to the law |
| Magna Carta | limited the power of a ruler, England's version of the Declaration of Independence |
| Quartering act | law made the colonists be the hosts to the soldiers, with out their consent |
| sugar act | colonistes were no longer aloud to smuggle goods in and out of the colonies |
| stamp act | Parliament had the right to pass laws for the colonies. |
| proclamation act | Colonist were no longer aloud to move west |
| tea act | gave East India Company the right to sell tea to the colonists |
| French and Indian War | War against the French and England also known as the seven years war. it lasted 9 |
| Boston Tea party | all tea was thrown into Boston harbor |
| Boston Massacre | first act of resistance killed 5 people made people not trust British |
| Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson wrote it based on Reason (ideals arguments and complaints) |
| Natural law | Pursuit of happiness |
| why we wanted the Declaration | we want a Navy and we want more people to agree. (French and our citizens) |
| articles of confederation | weak federal government, no taxation, treaty of Paris, Northwest ordinance |
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