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American Gov't We the People
Chapter 2
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History
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2009

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The philosophical revolution began by who
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John Locke
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what was "The people of the enlightenment"
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man is not depraved, man can be good, society makes them bad,improve society you improve how well things run.
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Two important enlightenment figures
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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
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The enlightenment
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the idea that We can change the world, we can do things to make our society better, we can prosper,
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why is the American constitution valued
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because it is never to be broken. Constitution is above the gov’t and holds them to a bargain.
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How are taxes determined in America
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The people vote
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How were taxes determined in England
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The government taxed the people
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What is a deist
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believes in a clock maker God, put things together then let it do what it wants,
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Mercantilism
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building the national treasury- Gold came from the colonies and spain
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How do English build up industry
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American colonies provide raw materials. The English manufactured materials (made the stuff and transported it and sold them back finished product.) English did not want the colonies to develop industry
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how was parliament divided
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It was not it is executive and legislative branch
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Taxation without representation
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taxing without the people having a say
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The French and Indian war
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1756-1763 seven years a world war
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Why did the British tax the Government
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War broke British government, so British taxed the Americans, stamp, tea, coffee, stopped smugglers,
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after the french nad Indian war the Americans no longer needed this form British
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Protection
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how does a country build up power and wealth
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Trade and Industry
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How did the British get their Gold with Francis Drake
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Stole it from the Spanish
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what do you have to have to build industry
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Labor, Markets, Raw materials,
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Colonies provided what to the British
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Raw materials
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What did British not want colonies to have
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INDUSTRY
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Adam Smith said this in the Wealth of nations
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Let us do our business, Laissez-faire approach
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What to the beginning of hostilities
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1775 Lexington and conquer
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