Test Review Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revs.

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The North and South American independence movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries shared which of the following? Revolutionary demands based on Enlightenment political ideas, Reliance on Christian teachings to define revolutionary demands, Industrial economies that permitted both areas to break free of European control, Political instability caused by constant warfare among the new states

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Revolutionary demands based on Enlightenment political ideas

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One important similarity between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is that they both

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challenged monarchical governments

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In the nineteenth century, the spread of which of the following most strongly contributed to a trend shown in the chart?
- Revolutionary movements in the Caribbean that successfully duplicated the results of the Haitian Revolution
- Enlightenment ideas challenging traditional notions of individual and natural rights
- Marxist ideas advocating for the overthrow of the capital-holding classes
- Romantic ideas challenging traditional beliefs about the relationship between humans and nature

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Enlightenment ideas challenging traditional notions of individual and natural rights

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All of the following were aspects of the Enlightenment except — fueled democratic institutions, applied reason to the human condition, stimulated religious toleration, a continuation of Papal Authority

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a continuation of Papal Authority

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s ideas about the rights of women were based on: the idea that women have the ability to reason, like men.

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the idea that women have the ability to reason, like men.

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Political philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and what other country?

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France

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Why did the peasants’ fear of foreign invasion help bring down the French government?

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The peasants were afraid that foreign troops would support the monarchy, whose policies were causing their food shortages.

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According to John Locke all people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and -

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property

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One of the goals of the great powers at the Congress of Vienna was to

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keep any one country from dominating Europe.

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According to John Locke, what is the primary purpose of government?

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To protect the natural rights of individuals