ENLIGHTENMENT

  • hobbes

    hobbes
    he belevied in the social contract he belevied in absoluteism for sovereign
  • locke

    locke
    he believed in the the right liberty or property he beleived in social contracts and religous tolerance. His idea of religous tolerance was used in the declaration of independence
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    emlightmenet

    this is when people started to question the role goverment and came up with a lot of ideas
  • montesquieu

    montesquieu
    HE BELEVIED IN 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERMENT, SEPERATION OF POWER. HIS IDEAS OF THE 3 BRANTCHES OF GOVERMENT AND SEPERATION OF POWER WERE USED IN THE CONSTITUTION
  • VOLTAIRE

    VOLTAIRE
    he embraced the thoughts of the enlightenment and rejected the roman catilc church and belevied in religous toleramce
  • rousseau

    rousseau
    HE BELEVIED IN SOCIAL CONTRACT COMMON GOOD AND ALL MEN ARE BORN FREE AND NATURAL RIGHTS
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON

    GEORGE WASHINGTON
    he belevied tha the role of the goverment was to protect the rights to the citizen. HIS IDEAS WERE USED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION
  • JOHN ADAMS

    JOHN ADAMS
    promoted the rebulicanism and a strong central goverment
  • THOMAS JEFFERSON

    THOMAS JEFFERSON
    the athour of the decleration of independece and he embraced the princaple of repulic
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    THE BRITSH GREVIENCES

    THERE WERE MANY BUT SOME EXAMPLES ARE THE STAMP ACDT THE SUGAR ACT AND THE QUARTERING ACT AND THE TOWNSHED ACT
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    REVOLUTION

    WAS A POLITICAL UPHEAVAL THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1765 AND 1783 WHICH THE 13 COLINES BROKE FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE
  • DECLERATION OF INDEPENDECE

    DECLERATION OF INDEPENDECE
    STATED THAT THE 13 COLINES NOW REGARDEDE THEM SELF AS 13 NEWLY INDEPENT SOVERGIN STATES NO LONGER PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
  • ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

    ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
    A DOCUMENT SIGEND AMOUNG THE 13 COLINES THAT ESTABLISHED THE US AS A CONFEDERATION OF SOVEGIN STATES
  • NORTH WEST ORDINACE

    NORTH WEST ORDINACE
    IT WAS THE ACT CREATED THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY
  • CONSTITUTION

    CONSTITUTION
    IT IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THEY US IT CREATED THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERMENT
  • FEDERLAIST AND ANTI FEDERLASITS

    FEDERLAIST AND ANTI FEDERLASITS
    THE ANTI FEDERALIST WERE PATRICK HENRY SAM ADAMS RICHARD HENRY LEE AND ROBERT YATES THE FEDERALIST WERE TOHMAS JEFERSON AND BEN FRANKLIN JAMES MADISON AND ALEX HAMILTON
  • BILL OF RIGHTS

    BILL OF RIGHTS
    IT WAS THE NAME FOR THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE US CONSTITUSTION IT PROPOSED TO ASSUAAGE THE FEARS OF THE ANTI FEDERLAISTS WHO HAD APOSED THE CONSTIUTON RATIFICATION