Unit 3 Prompts and Evidence

Evaluate the extent to which the ideas of John Locke impacted the colonists resistance to imperial control?

• Natural Rights; life, liberty, property. The DOI adopted these as “unalienable rights”

• Consent of governed; right to rebel. Common Sense by Thomas Paine

How did the King and Parliament attempt to control the American Colonies in the events leading to the American Revolution?

• Stamp Act; taxed printed materials as well goods like glass to pay for war debts.

• Quartering Act; forced colonists to house British soldiers

How did the documents written in the English colonies persuade the colonists to support the American Revolution?

• Common Sense; stated the monarchy was corrupt and that colonies had the right to govern themselves.

• Declaration of Independence; listed the colonies complaints against King George III which violated natural born rights

What were the accomplishments and failures of the Article of Confederation?

• Accomplishment: Northwest Ordinance—banned slavery in NW territories

• Failures: No power to tax or regulate trade which led to debt and shays rebellion as farmers were angry they couldnt pay high taxes and and lost land

How did compromise impact the formation of the American Constitution?

• Great Compromise; bicameral legislature which gave states equal representation in senate and population in HOR

• 3/5 compromise; counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation

How can George Washington presidency be considered a success

• Judiciary Act; 2 terms leaving a lasting example 4 future presidents

• Proclamation of Neutralit; keeping the US out of European wars