Civics chapter 2 people

Charles de Montesquieu

Jean Jacques Rosseau

William Blackstone

good enlightenment thinkers, constitution writers took their ideas

George Mason

from virginia

opposed the constitution bc he felt it didn’t give enough attention t the citizens rights

James Madison

from virginia

called for another meeting

Alexander Hamilton

from New York

persuaded everyone to call for another meeting

Daniel Shays

Shay’s rebellion

* rebellion in that farmers couldn’t repay their debts, so they had an armed uprising

he was an officer in the War for Independence

* several state judges closed their courts

attack on the federal arsenal at Springfield

James Wilson

Pennsylvania delegate

proposed the idea that the British govt had no authority over the colonies

John Locke

enlightenment thinker

* natural rights
* social contract theory

Roger Sherman

of Connecticut

met in GA september 5, 1774

George Washington

Virginia legislator

voted against British Policies, defied royal orders and organized boycott of British trade

Thomas Jefferson

joined the Virginia delegation

primary author of declaration of independence

* last attempt to make peace

Sam Adams

committees of Correspondence

* organized resistance

John Adams

rising lawyer in Boston

defended the British accused of murder in the boston massacre

supporter of independence and political analyst

John Jay

moderated with GB

helped draft Olive Branch Petition

Benjamin Franklin

offered albany plan of union

* problems with trade and attacks of French and Indians
* thought delegates should exist
* regulate trade, taxing, and customs

William Penn

got pennsylvania in 1681,

Deleware in 1682

King John

the man who signed the Magna Carta

* banned king from doing “heavy handed acts”
* guaranteed fundamental rights

King George II

granted GA to 21 trustees who governed the colony

george Calvert/ Lord Baltimore

king gave maryland to , they wanted it to be a catholic haven

William and Mary of Orange

parliament offered the crown to them after the Glorious Revolution

parliament agreed to English Bill of Rights

* elections are free
* fair trials
* no standing army in peacetimes

King Charles I

asked parliament for more money in taxes

parliament refused until he’d sign the petition of right (limited king’s power)