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American Heritage Midterm #1
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/03/2008

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Year for Magna Carta
Definition
1215
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Year of Glorious Revolution
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1688
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Year of settlement in Jamestown
Definition
1607
Term
General time period for Greek Democracy
Definition
5th century BC
Term
Human Nature consists of a desires for... (what 5 things?)
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Freedom, Order, Physical goods, Goods of the Soul, Power
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The Human Aspiration
Definition
A good society
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The Human Predicament
Definition
Tyranny-> Revolution -> Anarchy -> Competing Groups
Term

Who established Greek direct democracy?

Definition
Clisthenes
Term
Who did the Greek direct democracy end with?
Definition
Alexander the Great
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The Mixed Republic of Ancient Rome consisted of
Definition

6 month dictator option

Monarchy- 2 constants

Aristocracy through a Senate

Democracy through assemblies

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Roman Virtue:

Definition
Act for the good and glory of Rome rather than self
Term
Columbus landed where?
Definition
Bahamas
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Jamestown was where who settled?
Definition
The Virginia Company, joint-stock corporation, mostly self-rule
Term
Who settled in Plymouth?
Definition
The Pilgrims
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What year did the pilgrims arrive in Plymouth?
Definition
1620
Term
Who do we associate with the pilgrims?
Definition
Governor William Bradford
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What kind of community did the pilgrims live in?
Definition

Covenant community, congregationalism

Term
What did congregationalism entail?
Definition
Everything done by congregational vote, men and women
Term
What year did the puritans settle in Boston?
Definition
1630
Term
Who settled in Boston?
Definition
The Puritans
Term
Who do we associate with leaders of the Puritans?
Definition
Governor John Winthrop
Term
What kind of society did the Puritans live in?
Definition
Corporation/Covenant Community, mostly self-rule by necessity/opportunuty, congregationalism though women couldn't vote.
Term
How did America overcome the Human Predicament?
Definition
Providence
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Henry VIII first wife
Definition
Catherine
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Henry VIII second wife
Definition
Anne Boleyn
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Henry VIII first daughter
Definition
Mary (Bloody Mary)
Term
Henry VIII second daughter
Definition
Elizabeth
Term
Of what religion was Bloody Mary?
Definition
Roman Catholicism
Term
Of what religion was Elizabeth?
Definition
Protestant
Term
What are the dangers of Providentialism?
Definition

Arrogance

Lethargy- can't just say "God will take care of it"

Term
What kind of power was England?
Definition
Intermediate
Term
What kind of power was Spain?
Definition
Superpower
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England had a growing commitment to what?
Definition
Laws/rights
Term
Spain was commited to what?
Definition
Their unquenchable thirst for gold
Term

What did John Wycliffe do?

Definition
translated the Bible from Latin into English
Term
In what year was the Bible translated from Latin into English?
Definition
1384
Term
Who wrote the 95 Theses?
Definition
Martin Luther
Term
Martin Luther basically started
Definition
Protestantism
Term
In what year was 95 Theses written?
Definition
1517
Term

In what year was the Diet of Worms?

Definition
1521
Term
Martin Luther believed everyone could be saved by
Definition
grace alone
Term
Martin Luther translated the Bible into what language?
Definition

German

Term
William Tybdale translated the Bible to and from which languages?
Definition
Translated the Bible from Hebrew/greek into English
Term
In what year did Tyndale translate the Bible into English?
Definition
1534-1535
Term
In what year was Calvinism introduced?
Definition
1533
Term
How did Calvinists glorify God?
Definition
Through doing regular human activities well.
Term
Who was saved in Calvinism?
Definition
Only the elect saved by grace alone.
Term
Who wrote a Model of Christian Charity?
Definition
John Winthrop (1st governor of Massachussetts)
Term
What did Puritans believe as far as education?
Definition
You should be able to read the Bible
Term
How did church and state interact?
Definition
There was formal separation of church and state
Term
Whose idea was it to keep church and state separate?
Definition

William Bradshaw

Term

How did Puritans view welfare?

Definition
England didn't do enough to help the poor
Term
What kind of criminal law did the Puritans believe in?
Definition
Humane
Term
What did the Puritans have a strong sense of?
Definition
Their world mission- they were a city upon a hill.
Term
Who could vote in a Puritan society?
Definition
Church members
Term
What was public policy based on?
Definition
scripture/theology
Term
What did nonmembers in a Puritan society have to do?
Definition
Attend/support church
Term
Puritan founding gave us
Definition
liberal democracy
Term
Lockean Liberalism says everyone has
Definition
natural rights
Term
Natural rights:
Definition
life, liberty, property
Term
What was the Whig party inspired by?
Definition
Lockean Liberalism
Term
What is the primary role fo government under Lockean liberalism?
Definition

to protect rights

Term
By what authority does the government run under Lockean Liberalism?
Definition
consent
Term
What right do the people have if the government fails under Lockean Liberalism?
Definition
Right to revolt
Term
What Year did Locke's Two Treatsies of Government come out?
Definition
1690
Term
Who was Cato's Letters written by and in what year?
Definition
Trenchard and Gordon, 1720-1723
Term
What are the four parts of Due Process?
Definition

Impartiality and faithfully enforced

Independent judiciary (doesn't just do the bidding of the executive branch)

Habeus Corpus (sufficient eveidence)

Defendent rights (speedy, public trial, counsel, confront accusers, compel testimony, avoid self-incrimination, humane treatment)

 

Term
What is legalism?
Definition
excessive reliance on and conformity to law
Term
Section 1 of the Declaration of Independence says:
Definition
The opener, talks not so much about God, but Equality, assumptions by the people, and nature's god.
Term
Section 2 of the Declaration of Independence says: (Truth #1)
Definition
All men created equal
Term
Section 2 of the Declaration of Independence says: (Truth #2)
Definition
Endowed with certain unalienable rights
Term

Section 2 of the Declaration of Independence says:

(Truth #3)

Definition
Governments are instituted to secure rights
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Section 2 of the Declaration of Independence says:

(Truth #4)

Definition
Power of government derived from consent
Term
Section 2 of the Declaration of Independence says: (Truth #5)
Definition
right of the people to alter or abolish the government
Term

Section 3 of the Declaration of Independence says:

 

Definition
When it's right to revolt
Term
When is it right to revolt (according to the Declaration of Independence)
Definition

Abuses of government must happen over a long period of time

Repeated injury (evidence)

Other means tried first

Term
Section 4 of the Declaration of Independence says:
Definition

Christian/Republican elements (-Biblical God, -endowed by creator, -supreme judge, -divine providence)

AND

Republican pledge of lives, fortune, and honor *NOTE Roman virtues

Term
Lincoln's "Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions" was written in what year
Definition
1838
Term
Why did Lincoln give the speech "Perpetuation of Our Political Insitution"?
Definition
Mob rule
Term
What, according to Lincoln, is the only thing that could destroy America?
Definition
Itself
Term
What are the roles of Liberalism (Lockean liberalism) and Republicanism?
Definition

Liberalism- makes up ideas (social contract, idea of freedom)

Republicanism- driving force (virtues of Cato)

Term
Anglo-Saxon system of law
Definition
Term
Roman Civil Law
Definition
says what we CAN do
Term
4 arguments to condem Thomas Jefferson in regards to his slave practices:
Definition

Fathered illegitimate slave child

2nd largest slave owner in the county

punished and sold slaves

only freed a handful at his death

Term
5 arguments to defend Thomas Jefferson in regards to his slave practices:
Definition

It was a culture he was born into

Wrote prominently against the practice

"kindest of masters"/tried to preserve families

ended Virginia importation of slaves

illigitimate child NOT proved

Term
What was Thomas Paine's most famous work?
Definition
Common Sense
Term
When did Common Sense come out?
Definition
1776
Term
In addition to Common Sense, Thomas Paine also wrote______________
Definition
American Crisis
Term
John Adams wrote
Definition

Atlas of Independence

Term
John Adams was the leader of the ______ Congress
Definition
Continental
Term
What did John Adams think of Common Sense?
Definition
"poor, ignorant, malicious, short-sighted, crapulous mass"
Term
Who was the Indispensible Man?
Definition

George Washington

Term
Who was commander in chief?
Definition
George Washington
Term

George Washington was architect of victory (not captured... hooray!) in what year?

Definition
1781
Term
Newburgh incident happened in what year?
Definition
1783
Term
The black death was in what year?
Definition
1340
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