1st a. CLERGY Estate b. OWNED 10% OF LAND France c. 1% OF POPULATION What was the Boston Massacre? 2nd a. NOBLES The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists Estate b. OWNED 10% OF LAND by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. France c. 2% OF POPULATION d. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions PAID SOME TAXES that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to 3rd a. BOURGEOISIE enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Estate b. PEASANTS Townshend Acts. France c. 97% POPULATION d. PAID MOST OF THE Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? TAXES How does it reflect Enlightenment ideas? THOMAS JEFFERSON. IT USED PRINCIPLES OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS). STATED THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A MONARCHY TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR ITS PEOPLE, AND IN THE EVENT THE MONARCHY DID NOT, THE PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT OR DUTY TO OVERTHROW THE MONARCHY AND SET UP A GOVERNMENT BASED ON POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY. Rights given to the people by the U.S. ______________ and the Bill of Rights. Individual Examples: Rights Freedom of Speech _______________ Right to _________ ________________ It is the ultimate __________ authority that Popular rests with the Sovereignty _____________. _________ TO THE PEOPLE! A system of government in which power is Federalism __________ by a central or federal government and by the _________ governments. Example: U.S. Congress down to the Texas ___________
1st Estate France a. CLERGY b. OWNED 10% OF LAND c. 1% OF POPULATION 2nd Estate France a. NOBLES b. OWNED 10% OF LAND c. 2% OF POPULATION d. PAID SOME TAXES 3rd Estate France a. BOURGEOISIE b. PEASANTS c. 97% POPULATION d. PAID MOST OF THE TAXES What was the Boston Massacre? The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of civilian-military tensions that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? How does it reflect Enlightenment ideas? THOMAS JEFFERSON. IT USED PRINCIPLES OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS). STATED THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A MONARCHY TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR ITS PEOPLE, AND IN THE EVENT THE MONARCHY DID NOT, THE PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT OR DUTY TO OVERTHROW THE MONARCHY AND SET UP A GOVERNMENT BASED ON POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY. Individual Rights Rights given to the people by the U.S. ______________ and the Bill of Rights. Examples: Freedom of Speech _______________ Right to _________ ________________ Popular Sovereignty It is the ultimate __________ authority that rests with the _____________. _________ TO THE PEOPLE! Federalism A system of government in which power is __________ by a central or federal government and by the _________ governments. Example: U.S. Congress down to the Texas ___________
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