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An intellectual movement
a) Enlightenment
b) Social Contract
c) Democracy
d) Representative Government

an agreement among members of society, people submitted to an authoritarian ruler to prevent disorder.
a) Social Contract
b) Natural rights
c) Magna Carta
d) Democracy

All human beings had, by nature, the right to life liberty, and property (later changed to pursuit of happiness)
a) Natural rights
b) Bill of rights
c) Sovereign rights
d) The constitution

Separation of power- Dividing government into three separate branches. These branches (legislature, executive, and judicial)
a) Separation of powers
b) Bill of rights
c) Legislative branch
d) Natural Rights

citizens elect representatives to make laws and policies for them
a) Representative Government
b) Democracy
c) Republic
d) Monarchy

The powers of the government were to be divided between the federal or central, government and the states or local governments
a) Federal System
b) Democracy
c) Separation of powers
d) Democratic Republic

This person believed that people were by nature selfish and ambitious. He thought the type of government needed to control selfish ambition
a) Thomas Hobbes
b) John Locke
c) James MAdison
d) John Adams

This person argued that the English people had been justified in overthrowing James II. The government had failed under James to perform its most fundamental duty—protecting the rights of the people
a) John Locke
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) James Madison
d) John Adams

This person was was a brilliant 18th Century French historian. He argued in favor of tolerance, freedom of religion, and free speech
a) Voltaire
b) Rousseau
c) Hobbes
d) Locke

This war between the Britain and France was fought IN THE American colonies over the control of North America.
a) French and Indian War
b) the 7 years war
c) The Great War
d) The American Revolution

This war between the Britain and France was fought IN EUROPE over the control of North America.
a) The 7 years war
b) The French and Indian War
c) The Great War
d) The American Revolution

What was the primary cause of the American Revolution
a) The colonists were upset with the British crown for levying taxes on them without having a representative in parliament
b) The colonists were upset over British soliders remaining in the American colonies after the French and Indian War
c) The colonists were upset with the lack of land they were rewarded after the French and Indian War
d) The colonists were upset with the British over having to fight in the French and Indian War

What famous document did the American Colonists base their argument of (no taxation without representation)
a) The Magna Carta
b) The Constitution
c) The Bill of Rights
d) John Locke's Social Contract

When was the Declaration of Independence made official
a) July 4 1776
b) July 4 1763
c) April 19 1775
d) April 19 1763

What was the first battle of the American Revolution
a) The Battle of Lexington and Concord
b) The British Massacre
c) The Battle of Bull Run
d) The Battle of Shilo Hill

What was the name of the government America originally had after the end of the Revolution
a) The Article of Confederation
b) The Constitution
c) The Declaration of Independence
d) The Mayflower Compact

Who was the (Father of the Constitution?)
a) James Madison
b) John Adams
c) John Locke
d) Thomas Hobbes

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