American Revolution & Enlightenment

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  1. 4. 🇺🇸 Colonists who supported independence
  2. 6. 📜 Document signed in 1776 expressing colonial freedom
  3. 7. 📜 Term for rights all humans are born with (life, liberty, etc.)
  4. 11. 📚 Author of Two Treatises of Government, believed in natural rights
  5. 12. 📚 The intellectual movement inspiring the revolution
  6. 13. 🔍 Philosopher who emphasized empiricism and the scientific method
  7. 14. 📢 Enlightenment thinker who said government should protect natural rights
  8. 16. 👑 Voltaire criticized this institution for abusing its power
  9. 17. 💰 Law passed by Britain taxing all printed materials in the colonies
  10. 19. ✍️ Voltaire defended this right more than any other
  11. 20. 🌍 Philosopher who believed in the social contract and popular sovereignty
  12. 21. 🧑‍⚖️ Enlightenment idea: the law should apply equally to everyone
  13. 22. 🏛️ Rousseau believed government should be based on the ________ contract
  14. 24. ⚔️ Final major battle of the American Revolution (1781)
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  1. 1. 👑 British monarch during the American Revolution
  2. 2. 📖 Work by Rousseau on political freedom: The Social ________
  3. 3. ⚖️ French philosopher who advocated separation of powers
  4. 5. 💭 The idea that power comes from the people, not a monarch
  5. 8. 💬 Phrase from Locke: "Life, Liberty, and ________"
  6. 9. 🗣️ English thinker known for his pessimistic view of human nature; supported strong governments
  7. 10. 🛡️ French Enlightenment thinker who argued for freedom of speech
  8. 12. 🌍 Movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights
  9. 15. 📦 Protest event involving tea and a harbor
  10. 18. 🔥 Pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraging independence
  11. 19. ⚖️ Enlightenment idea promoting division of powers in government (Montesquieu)
  12. 23. 🎖️ First major battle of the Revolution (1775)