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Enlightenment
Age of Reason -
British Grivences
The British were mad that they didn't have a voice in Parlement and still had to fallow their rules. "No Taxation without representation" -
Thomas Hobbes
Agreement between people and goverment . -
John Locke
Everyone should have the natural rights. Life ,Liberty and the Pursuit of Hapiness -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wanted the social contract, common good, "man is born free" ,natural rights. -
George Washington
He was president of themConstituntional Convention.He was choosen to lead the army. He was also na member of the first Continental Congress -
John Adams
John Adams was the second president of the United States, having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States -
Montespuieu
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Revalution
The American Revolution was a political disagreement that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which the Thirteen Colonies broke from the British and formed an independent country, the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independece
The main purpose of America’s Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain. The Revolutionary War had already begun, and several major battles had already taken place. The American colonies had already cut most major ties to England, and had established their own congress, currency, army, and post office. -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War. The articles were written to give the colonies some sense of a goverment. There were many problems to this form of Constition ,every state had it's own rules and was as independent as you could be. -
nortywest ordinanace
The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory -
US Constition
The Constitutional Convention of May 1787 was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where delegates from 12 of the 13 states were present. The state of Rhode Island refused to send a delegate because it was afraid of losing its states' rights. The delegates worked for 4 months behind closed doors of the State House to draft a new document known later as the "Constitution." -
bill of rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties -
Federalists
One of the first two American political parties, together with the Democratic-Republican Party. Founded by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Met its demise soon after Hamilton was killed in a duel. Adams was the only Federalist President. Name came from the Federalist Papers and from the idea that the federal government should be supreme.
