Revolutions!

What is the significance of the English Bill of Rights?

• It was the 1st time a king got the right to rule from the people.

• England became a dictatorship

• William and Mary were publicly executed

• James II returned to England and reclaimed the throne

What is the "Divine Right of Kings"?

• Belief that kings were chosen by their parents to rule
• Belief that kings were chosen by the people to rule
• Belief that kings were chosen by God to rule 
• Belief that kings were chosen through a selective process to rule

I believe in the idea of natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property. Who am I? 

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

Who did the Enlightenment thinkers have the greatest impact on?

• The writers of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• The writers of the U.S. Constitution
• The writers of the Declaration of Dependence
• Latin American citizens who later elected their governments

According to the Enlightenment thinkers, what was the purpose of government? 

• To make sure that murdering and stealing did not take place
• To grant a safe space to live and work
• To protect our rights
• To ensure our economic success

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

The new National Assembly of France set down the ideas of the French Revolution in

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• the US Constitution

• The Edict of Nantes

The radicals who took over the French Revolution were led by

• Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• Rousseau

• Marquis de Lafayette

Robespierre was sent to the guillotine because

• he was accused of a crime he did not committ
• other radicals thought he might execute them next
• the King's supporters captured him
• none of the above