Rachel Social Studies Final Study so she can SLAYYYY HER FINALLLLLL

According to Locke, what are natural rights?

Life, liberty, and property

What does Jefferson describe as the inalienable rights?

The rights that every American is born with: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Describe the Scientific Revolution and how it influences the Enlightenment

People changed their thinking from believing through the Catholic Church to understanding the world around them through science. People were able to make new discoveries therefore Enlightenment.

How did the Catholic Church respond to various theories such as the heliocentric vs geocentric theory?

They told those people that they were wrong and they imprisoned them. They made sure the public also knew it was “wrong”

How did the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution change the way we think?

People followed understanding through religion less and relied more on understanding through science.

What is the State of Nature and how does the government help prevent this? (hint Hobbes and Locke)

Thomas Hobbes believed that people are bad when they don’t have rules and people keeping them in line. The government prevents this by giving its people laws.

Describe the Social Contract and Consent of the governed (hint Hobbes and Locke)

John Locke created a system where the citizens give up some of their rights for protection from the government (ex. speed limits)

Describe Thomas Hobbes’s main ideas or contributions

(Thomas the Train - very creepy)

State of nature - people are bad without rules

Describe John Locke’s main ideas or contributions

(Lock up natural rights)

Natural rights - rights people are born with

Social contract - give up some rights for safety

Describe Voltaire’s main ideas or contributions

(t’would be voltairible if I couldn’t talk or believe what I wanted)

freedom of speech and religion

separation of church and state - government people are in charge of the state so they can’t make rules about religion

Describe Baron de Montesquieu’s main ideas or contributions

(Mont-es-quieu)

Equal separation of powers - if one branch of government does something they’re not supposed to, the other branches can keep them in check —> checks and balances (like veto power)

Describe what “no taxation without representation” meant to the American Colonists

You can’t make unfair rules for people who can’t vote

Explain the causes and effects of the Glorious Revolution

Causes - Britain was suffering from religious violence

Effects - new government (parliament)

Explain the causes and effects of the American Revolution

Causes - Enlightenment (people realized they had rights), French and Indian War, taxation without representation

Effects - US gained independence and became a representative democracy

Explain the causes and effects of the French Revolution

Causes - the Three Estates, debt, famine, estates general

Effects - ended the monarchy, inspired more revolutions

Explain the causes and effects of the Haitian Revolution

Causes - slavery, French Revolution (by __)

Effects - Haiti gained independence from Britain and banned slavery

Explain the causes and effects of the Latin-American Revolutions

Causes -

Effects - Latin American countries gained independence

How did the ideas of the Enlightenment cause the revolutions?

Separation of powers - the government shouldn’t be controlling us like this —> war

Natural rights - I have the right to liberty and I’m not experiencing that right now —> war

Freedom of religion - I should be able to worship who I want but the government isn’t letting me —> war

How did the French and Indian War cause the American Revolution?

Britain was in debt because they spent a lot of money on weapons, soldiers, and protection in the French and Indian War. Britain put taxes on the people, especially the colonists (taxation without representation). Colonists got mad and went to war.

Give examples of how revolutions changed governments

American Revolution - monarchy —> representative democracy and wrote Constitution

French Revolution - monarchy —> something else

Explain the causes of the Industrial Revolution and why it started in Britain

List the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution

What is the Agricultural Revolution and how did it cause the Industrial Revolution?

Describe urbanization and its causes

Explain monopolies and their negative effects

What are labor unions and what changes did they help bring to work places?

Define and provide examples of PUSH and PULL factors of immigration

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act and why was it passed in Congress?

Identify how the growth of railroads impacted Great Britain as well as the rest of Europe

Which nations industrialized more quickly as a result of railroads?

What is imperialism?

Define industrialization (cause #1 of imperialism)

Define nationalism (cause #2 of imperialism)

New markets (cause #3 of imperialism)

Define raw materials (cause #4 of imperialism)

Describe the importance and purposes of the Open Door Policy

Describe the importance and purposes of the Monroe Doctrine

What was the Scramble for Africa and the result of it?

Provide examples of how the US participated in imperialism (e.g. territories, wars, events)

Describe the Opium Wars and their impact on China. What were the outcomes of this event?

According to the Declaration of Independence, when are people justified to overthrow their government?

Which Enlightenment ideas are reflected in this document?

What did Jefferson mean when he states “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”