American Revolution
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- The Declaration Of Independence
- Please make a document where you declare independence.
- The Enlightenment (Thomas Hobbes)
- People are selfish by nature.
- U.S.A Constitution
- The constitution is too important to the United States.
- the colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain to form a new country, the leaders met in Philadelphia to talk about this, they agreed to the separation, they asked Thomas Jefferson to write a document for them that expressed this idea. The Declaration of Independence promised the United States: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The declaration of independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
- The Revolutionary War (Washington)
- We Won
- It holds that people are cruel, selfish, and greedy by nature. He believed that a powerful government such as an absolute monarchy was the best for society.
- The Enlightenment ( John Locke)
- The Constitution is the supreme law of the country. It means that all laws in the United States have to follow the constitution, the Americanpeople govern themselves and are not governedfor a king Benjamin Franklin is one of the oldest members of the constitution, he created the first free library and served as the first postmaster general.
- The Enlightenment (Voltaire)
- When the Revolutionary War began in 1775, thecolonies chose Washington to be the commanderin chief of the Continental Army to fight theBritish. The war was long and difficult, but thecolonists finally won independence in 1783. Washington became a national hero during the war. In 1789, he was elected asthe first president of the new United States.
- He believed that people were reasonable and moralPeople were believed to have natural rights: rights that all human beings have from birth (the right to life, liberty, and property).he wrote two government treatises.
- everyone has the right to life.
- Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)He was a philosopher: he used science to better understand and improve society (Lovers of wisdom), he defended freedom of expression, he was offended by the government and the Catholic Church, he was imprisoned and exiled.
- I don't agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
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