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Thomas Hobbes
Social Contract - Agreement between people and government and belives people are inherently evil. -
John Locke
Natural rights
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life,liberty, property -
Montesquieu
sprite of law
legislature , executive, judicial
3 branches of govt seperation of powers -
Voltaire
Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, and Fair trail. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
social contract
command good
man is born free
natural rights -
Anti-Federalists- Roger Sherman
He was in the State Upper House of Connecticut, Connecticut Superior Court, Continental Congress, Signer of Declaration of Independence, Signer of Articles of Confederation, Confederation Congress, Mayor of New Haven. Sherman also prospered and assumed leadership in the community. Sherman connects back to the idea of the spirit of laws which leads the government with the checks and balances system -
George Washington
He was a Founding Father. Goerge Washington was a member of the first continental congress and he then was chosen to lead the Continental Army. He was the president of the Constitutional Convention. -
John Adams
he was a founding father and john adam was an important figure in both the first and sencond continental congresses -
Thomas Jeffferson
he was one of the founding fathers and thomas jefferson as a delegates to the second continental congress -
Federalists- James Maddison
In 1780 Madison was chosen to represent Virginia in the Continental Congress. Although originally the youngest delegate, he played a major role in the deliberations of that body. Meantime, in the years 1784-86, he had again sat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Madison connects back to the enlightnement because, He beleived in a strong federal government with natural rights. -
Grievances in the American colonies
Colonies in North America were operated under British rule, even though the British were the last European country to colonize the Americas. The colonies themselves were, in large part, stable and profitable, and they didn't consider themselves a unified whole. This led to the revolutionary war and the declaration of Independance. This connects back to Rousseau idea of "man if born free" social contract. -
American Revolution
This was a war in the United States. It was the revolt against Great Britain by the 13 American colonies which was founded the United States of America. The colonies won the war. This connects back to the idea of Social contract "man is born free" -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. -
Articles of confederation and the promblem that led to need for the constitution
The transition from the Articles of Confederation to the United States Constitution wasn't a seamless one, and fixing the problems of the Articles of Confederation required a series of lengthy debates both during and after the convention. But one thing was certain, something had to be changed. Fifty-five Delegates met at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to determine how best to adjust the existing document. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, passed July 13, 1787. -
Constitution
The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, where by the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. The Constitution connects back to Montesquieu's idea of the spirit of laws. -
federalists and anti-federerlist authors and arguments
the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists did not. the people for the federlist are Alexander Hamiltom, James Madison, John Jay. anti-federlist people are Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henery, Jame Monroe, Richard Henery Lee. -
Bill of Rights
On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791.
