APWH Chapter 28

The ideas of enlightenment challened the long-term assumptions about sovereignty, and instead proposed that

• true government stems from religious authority
• the best form of government is a democracy
• governments are bound to the will of the people
• all government is inherently unjust; humans are better off living in a state of nature

which of the following could be considered an expression of enlightened ideas about government

• the stamp act of 1708
• the Quartering Act
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Committee of Public safety

the american colonists won their bid for independence primarily because

• they had superior generals
• they were united in the cause of freedom
• colonial militias were more discipliened and better marksmen than were British troops
• the French and the Dutch decided to support them against the British

Embedded in the US constitution is the principle of

• universal male suffrage
• abolition of slavery
• free enterprise
• popular sovereignty

which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the French revolution of 1789?

• a staggering national debt
• accusation of treason against Louis XVI
• resentment at the privileges of aristocracy
• the extravegance of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles

which of the following was NOT one of the provisions of the new French constitution of 1791?

• France became a constitutional monarchy
• Church property was confiscated and clergy lost their privileged status
• peasants were freed from the dues and services owed to their landlords
• all adult males were given the right to vote in national elections

under the rule of the Convention, French women 

• gained important property rights and the right to a divorce
• were proclaimed full citizens of the Republic
• lost economic power to their husbands
• were granted the right to vote in national elections

Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power as

• a liberal noble who supported the third estate
• a military hero
• an opponent of Robespierre
• a supporter of Marie Antoinette

In general, Napoleon championed

• political freedom but not social equality
• equality under the law but not political freedom
• freedom of expression but only for the aristocracy
• the restoration of the ancien regime

which of the following is NOT a correct explanation of why the Haitain revolution succeeded?

• five hundred gens de couleur were veterans of the American revolution
• the large maroon population supported the revolution
• the revolutionaries had the support of British and Spanish forces
• the french army was struck down with yellow fever