Natural Rights
Life, liberty, property
Social Contract
The agreement between people and ruler
Philosophes
French Philosophers
Salons
Social interaction to discuss Enlightenment ideas
Laissez-faire
Non-interference by the government
Enlightened Despots
Ruler who embraced enlightenment thought/reformed (Catherine the Great) (Fredrick the Great)
Popular Soverignty
People rule themselves
Baroque
Artistic style that emerged during The Enlightenment
Delacroix
Painter during the Enlightenment
Article of Confederation
1st attempt on a national government for a newly formed US
Declaration of Independence
Author was Thomas Jefferson
July 4, 1776
"No taxation w/o representation"
Forced by a government to pay a tax w/o a say
Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Tea Party
1773
Lexington, Massachusetts
Revolution began April 1775 in
George Washington
Led the Continental Army
Bunker Hill
Moral victory
Trenton
Low point for Continental army; Broke traditional rules they fought on Christmas
Saratoga
Turning point battle; France entered on Continental side
Yorktown
Cornwallis surrenders to British Army