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American Enlightenment

Fahrenheit 451 allusion paper

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Nunez Daniel Nunez Ms. Ojeda English 2 Hon/ P: 8 06 April 2015 Allusion of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration Of Independence in Fahrenheit 451

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Britain?s Problems Britain?s Solutions Colonists? Responses 1. Preventing Native American uprisings Proclamation Act (1763): 2. Keeping peace in the American colonies Quartering Act (1765): 3. Paying for war debts Sugar Act (1764): Stamp Act (1765): 4. Maintaining power over the American colonies Declaratory Act (1766): Write C in the blank if the phrase describes the colonists or B if the phrase describes the British in the years after the French and Indian War. _______ 1. Enacted the Proclamation of 1763 to stop settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains _______ 2. Forced to house soldiers under the Quartering Act _______ 3. Forced to buy stamps for legal papers and other items

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Chapter 6 Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood 1776-1788 Introduction 1.) What were the different conflicts contained within the American Revolution? 2.) How did the Revolution affect relationships among Americans of different classes, races, and genders? 3.) How did the state constitutions and Articles of Confederation reflect older political ideas? Introduction (cont.) 4.) How did the Constitution?s proponents address Americans? concerns about concentrated political power? The Prospects of War Introduction The Revolution was a war of the American people against the British and a civil war between American supporters of independence and Americans who were opposed to breaking with the mother country ?Loyalists and Other British Sympathizers

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Chapter 5 Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776 Introduction 4 questions addressed in Ch. 5 How did Britain and its colonies view their joint victory over France in the Seven Years? War? How did colonial resistance to the Stamp Act differ from earlier opposition to British imperial measure? In what ways did colonists? views of parliamentary authority change after 1770? What led most colonists in 1776 to abandon their loyalty to Britain and choose national independence? Triumph and Tensions: The British Empire, 1750-1763 A Fragile Peace, 1750-1754 Since neither France or Britain gained dominance in North America, the skirmishing in the Ohio Valley continued 1753=French began building a series of forts between the Ohio River and LA Drive out colonial traders from the Valley

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The Declaration of Independence contains all of the following phrases except "monarchy and hereditary succession have laid the world in blood and ashes." From the rationalist philosophies of the Enlightenment, Americans of the 1760s and early 1770s derived the idea that individuals have certain "natural rights." By 1770, after five years of debate over American sovereignty, outspoken colonial leaders had repudiated Parliament and claimed equality for their own assemblies under the king. The author of the radical pamphlet Common Sense called for independence and republicanism. Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Boston Massacre of March 1770 or its aftermath? Radical Whigs accused the British of deliberately planning the killings.

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Mercantilism the belief that wealth is power and measured by bullion Navigation Laws laws that restricted commerce to the bounds of the British empire salutary neglect the beneficial relaxed enforcement of the Navigation Laws John Hancock The ?King of Smugglers,? who became wealthy via smuggling George Grenville The Prime Minister, who called for the enforcement of the Navigation Laws and enacted a sugar duty. Sugar Act (1764) A high duty on sugar imported from the West Indies. Quartering Act (1765) Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops Stamp Act (1765) Tax requiring use of stamps on commercial and legal documents virtual representation

1990 AP US History DBQ

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION I1 (Suggested writing time--40 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. In light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820's and 1830's, to what extent -

1990 College Board DBQ

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION I1 (Suggested writing time--40 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. In light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820's and 1830's, to what extent -

Chapter 2 Outline: American Government 9th Ed., Wilson&Dilulio

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Samuel Choi CHAPTER 2 OUTLINE: THE CONSTITUTION Introduction The goal of the American revolution was liberty The Problem of Liberty Americans fought to protect their liberties when fighting against the British; they felt their liberties were being violated. At first colonists believed they could stay within the British empire and still retain their liberties. As colonist lost faith in the English Constitution, they realized they could only protect their rights by breaking off from the British empire. The Colonial Mind Most colonists believed that man was naturally corrupt and greedy and would continually try to seek power. This is why colonists believed that the English Constitution would not work; English politicians were corrupt. Colonists believed in natural rights

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maeve starzec sections 2-5 ordered government orderly regulation of their relationships with one another limited government government is restricted in what they may do, every individual has certain rights representative government government should serve the will of the people magna carta -landmark document -seeked protection against arbitrary, and had fundamental right of due process petition of rights/english bill of rights -limited the king's power -prohibited a standing army in peacetime charter written grant of authority from the king 3 types of colonies -royal-New Hampshire, Mass., New York -proprietary-Maryland, Penn., Delaware -charter-Conn., Rhode Island(self-governing colonies) bicameral/unicameral -2 houses, elected by property owners allowed to vote -1 house Stamp Act

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