Enlightenment/Political Revolutions

Which of the following political revolutions was NOT inspired by the Enlightenment?

• American

• French

• Russian

What was one important idea from the Age of Enlightenment?

• People were divided into different social classes
• People are naturally unequal
• People are easy to convince of a new idea
• People are naturally equal

Many Enlightenment thinkers had strong beliefs about:

• The role of government
• Scientific methods
• Perspective
• Industrial growth

Of the following Enlightenment thinkers, which developed the idea for separation of church & state?

• Locke
• Motesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Which of the following is NOT one of John Locke's three Natural Rights?

• Life

• Wealth

• Liberty

• Property

Which document argued that people have the right to replace their governments?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• U.S. Declaration of Independence

• French Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizens

Who inspired the Declaration of Independence, & who authored it?

• Montesquieu & John Adams
• John Locke & Thomas Jefferson
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Louis XVI & George III

The Declaration of Independence relates to which colony/mother country?

• New Spain & Spain

• Brazil & Portugal

• New France & France

• American colonies & Great Britain

Why did North American colonists want to be independent from Great Britain? 

• To insult King George
• To end unfair taxation
• To name their own king
• To keep Great Britain from becoming too powerful

Which of the following was a result of the American victory at Yorktown?

• The British got more land in North America

• The French got more land in North America

• The United States was established as an independent country

• The British lost control of the 13 colonies to France