1. Mr. Ermer World History Miami Beach Senior High

2.   Enlightenment ideals influence revolutionaries  Popular Sovereignty: political authority resides with people  John Locke : Gov’t gets legitimacy from the people, individual rights are paramount  Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Same thoughts on legitimacy, but thinks people act collectively due to past shared experiences  Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations —Laissez-Faire Economics  Rene Decartes, Cesare Baccaria, Francis Bacon  Counter Enlightenment breeds conservative & anti-democratic movements  Benjamin Franklin is standard barer for critics of Old World  Enlightenment thinkers fight for personal freedoms, popular sovereignty, and “equality”  This equality did not extend to women, slaves, children, peasants, laborers, or non-whites The Enlightenment & Revolution

6.   Two policies upset American colonists:  Britain raises taxes on its N. Amer. colonies to mitigate war debt and any future military expenses to defend colonies  The Stamp Act of 1765  Britain closes western frontier from colonial settlement  Sons of Liberty—New English activist organization  Boycotts cut British imports by 2/3  Parliament cuts taxes  Upsets colonists by granting tea monopoly to British E. India Co.  Boston Tea Party & Boston Massacre Rebellion In British N.A.

7.  Revolution In The Air  1774: First Continental Congress, Philly  1775: Fighting begins at Lexington  1776: Second Continental Congress declares independence, Thomas Jefferson  Continental Army unorganized

8.   1775: First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia  Fighting erupts in New England (Lexington & Concord)  Assumes power of gov., raises army, issues currency  George Washington chosen to lead army  Declaration of Independence  Many European powers see helping Americans as way to spite British  France: arms, money, officers for training; king recognizes the United States (1778)  Spain & The Netherlands also offer support  1781: General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown  1783: Treaty of Paris ends war, establishes an independent American state  Constitutional Convention establishes a republic based on Enlightenment ideals The American Revolution

11.   On page 287, write and answer questions 1-5. Chapter 15, Lesson 4: