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| What is the Enlightenment? |
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| an eighteenth-century philosophical movement |
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| What was the focus of the Enlightenment? |
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| the use of reason rather that tradition to solve problems. |
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| Which Enlightenment philosophers contributed to the American Government? |
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| Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, and Jean Jaques Rousseau |
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| Wrote the Leviathan. Said if human were left to themselves than violence would ensue. Said solution was an absolute monarch. |
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| Said life, liberty, and property were the rights to man given by God. |
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| He advocated for the seperation of power. |
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| Said only good government was one that conformed to the people. This is shown in "social contract" between people. |
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| What was the first US government formed under? |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| When were the Articles of Confederation followed? |
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| What did the American Governemnt accomplish under the AoC? |
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Won Revolutionary War and negotiated a treaty for it.
Established Northwest Ordinance
Precedent for federalism. |
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| They had many weaknesses that places newly independent states at risk. |
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| What was Shay's Rebellion? |
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| a rebellion in which more than 1,000 armed farmers attacked a federal arsenal to protest the forclosure of farms |
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| Why was Shay's Rebellion so important? |
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| It scared the nation's leaders into creating a new, better government, and it exposed the weaknesses of the AoC. |
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| What are the reasons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation? |
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The federal government:
couldn't draft soldiers
couldn't tax - was reliant upon state donations
couldn't control interstate trade
had no President
had no Supreme Court
had no national currency
had no control over import/export taxes among states
needed uniamity to ammend Articles
needed 9/13 states to approve legislation |
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| What was the Constitutional Convention called? |
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| B/c the AoC were insufficient for the US government |
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| What is the job of the Executive branch? |
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| What is the job of the Legislative branch? |
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| What is the job of the Judicial Branch? |
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| make sure the laws are fair according to the Constitution |
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| What is the term of the Executive Branch? |
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