7.1 & 7.2 group task

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7.1 & 7.2 group task

Work together. 

One student writes down the answers and hands in the test.

The other group members can look up information in LessonUp  / internet or in their notebook.

Answers must be written in your own words!! No COPY / PASTE !

Good luck

Write down the group members' names
(first + last name)

Which description best describes the term "revolution"?

1. a sudden change
2. a gradual change
3. a violent event
4. a political struggle

What is meant by "rational" in "rational thinking"?

1. based on emotion
2. based on rations
3. based on logic
4. based on reason

The Enlightenment movement was in favor of:

1. ignorance
2. rationality
3. intolerance
4. inequality

The Enlightenment philosophers aimed to bring about progress in the world by:

1. religious ideas
2. revolution
3. rational ideas
4. spontaneous ideas

Explain why the intellectual movement of the 18th century was called the Enlightenment.

Explain the difference between an atheist and a deist.

What would a deist think about a government that makes a law telling people to listen to the Catholic Church?

Which ideas (give examples) made philosophers like Voltaire and Locke, unpopular with the secular and spiritual authorities?

Who do we mean when we speak of
the "American Colonists"?

1. People who lived in the British colonies in America
2. American people who lived in England
3. Americans who lived in the East Indies
4. Native Americans, or Indians

What is a militia?

1. a group of mercenaries
2. temporary army made up of local people
3. a colonial army , sent from the motherland
4. an army at sea, used to patrol the coastline

What is an "act" (as in "the stamp act")?

1. a contract
2. a punishment
3. a grievance
4. a law

The Boston Tea Party was:

1. an act of protest by colonists against British rule.
2. an act of protest by colonists against British taxation acts.
3. an act of protest by colonists against French rule.
4. an act of protest by colonists against French taxation acts.

Which statement is true?

Statement I: The Declaration of Independence was written immediately after the peace treaty with Britain.
Statement II: The Declaration of Independence was based on ideas of the Enlightenment.

1. Statement I is true.
2. Statement II is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

Read the source. To which articles do the Enlightenment ideas (yellow boxes) belong?

This source contains the first four articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations in 1948.

article 1

article 2

article 3

article 4

natural rights

rationality

equality

Read the text source.
B: There is one article which arguably could not have been written
in the eighteenth century. Which article is this?
Explain your answer.

This source contains the first four articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations in 1948.

Why did the American colonists create their own militias before the war against the British?

Use this slogan to explain why the colonists
protested against British tax acts.

Paul Revere made this illustrationof the Boston Massacre.
Did he want to show what had happened or did he want to send a message? Explain your choice.

What economical system forced the
colonists to buy only British tea?

Obverse and reverse of the two dollar bill, as has been in print since 1976.

On the front and back of a $2,- note, you can see a person 

and an event related to the American Revolution.

A. Who is this person and 

B. What is the event shown on this bill?

What does this person have to do with
this event?

Obverse and reverse of the two dollar bill, as has been in print since 1976.

The power of the United States federal government was limited by:

1. the Declaration of Independence.
2. the Bill of Rights.
3. the Constitution.
4. the federation.

Three branches of government

in the USA

president

JUDICIAL POWER

the Senate

the White House

Cabinet

Supreme Court Judges

the Supreme Court

Other Courts

the king / queen

the Capitol

House Representatives

LEGISLATIVE POWER

Congress

EXECUTIVE POWER

Vice President

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