Chapter 8 World History Test - Mrs. Unger

What was the name of the first document that governed the 13 states after the American Revolution?

Discovered the law of pendulum; falling objects accelerate at fixed & predictable rates, and made his own telescope.

The assignment of executive, legislative & judicial powers to different groups in the government.

One way the colonists protested the Stamp Act was by boycotting.

The 1st British tax on colonists in 1765 to pay for the French & Indian War

The Greek astronomer who studied heliocentrism for 25 years. Published his findings the year he died, 1543.

Great composers in classical music from Vienna, Austria who lived during the Enlightenment.

What was the 1st meeting in 1774 of every colony except Georgia?

A system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states.

Major change in European thought; mid-1500s, studied the natural world with observation & questioned accepted beliefs

Enlightened Despots were ready to give up their power to follow through with Enlightenment ideas.

A statement of the reasons for the American colonies to break with Britain; approved by the Second Continental Congress

What was issued at the Second Continental Congress?

The 1st ten amendments to the US Constitution; protects citizens' basic rights and freedoms

Human beings are reasonable beings. Supported self-gov't & argued the purpose of gov't. is to protect natural rights.

The agreement by which people define & limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society

European movement; thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and scientific method to all aspects of society

The population of the British Colonies in N. America grew from __________in 1700 to ______________ in 1770?

The Stamp Act........

What were enlightened despots . Name 3 & the countries they are from

General Cornwallis surrendered at..........

Whose Idea was the Declaration of Independence based on?

The philosophes were.......

The Constitution of the United States ws issued July 4, 1776.

Believed separation of powers would keep individuals or individual groups from gaining too much power in gov't

Name 3 authors who developed many features of the modern novel.

Who wrote the Declaration of Indepence?

Salons were

What convinced many people in the 13 states that we needed a stronger central government?

Brought together the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, & Galileo; Universal Law of Gravity

Who led the Boston Tea Party?

Mathematican that proved Copernicus' theory about the motion of planets

A tariff is a tax

Great Britain tightened trade laws in 1760 to prepare colonies to become independent.

Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from gaining too much power and dominating the other branches.

Believed people are selfish and wicked. A strong gov't is important to control human behavior.

The rights that all people are born with, according to Locke: life, liberty, and property.

Mathematician that developed analytical geometry

The ideas that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.

Logical procedure; gathers info about the natural world and uses experimentation & observation to test hypotheses.

Which of the following did the US Constitution not establish?

What year & where did the 1st fighting between the British and colonists take place?