Age of Revolutions

Which U.S. document MOST influenced the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

• Bill of Rights

• Monroe Doctrine

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

What ideas were the basis for American Democracy?

• Christian

• Enlightenment

• Reformation

• Roman

What idea did John Locke believe that said the government got power from the "consent of the governed?'

• the social contract

• religious toleration

• checks and balances

• the separation of powers

Which principle would the Enlightenment thinker Voltaire MOST likely support?

• papal authority

• freedom of speech

• absolute monarchy

• traditional class privileges

The Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment thinker who argued that a just government had its powers separated into three different branches. What made this structure of government appealing to supporters of democratic ideas?

• It provided efficiency during times of crisis.

• It limited the number of people involved in government.

• It kept any one part of government from having too much power

• It prevented debates about the positive and negative aspects of laws.

The Enlightenment philosopher John Locke stated that people have the natural rights of life and property. What other natural right did he claim that people have?

• education

• employment

• housing

• liberty

The Enlightenment philosopher John Locke stated that people have the natural rights of life and property. What other natural right did he claim that people have?

• education

• employment

• housing

• liberty

Ideas of the Scientific Revolution

• The natural world is defined by order and regularity.

• Natural laws determine how the world operates.

• Human reason and logic can be used to understand natural laws.

Enlightenment thinkers believed that these ideas could help people do which of the following?

• decide which religion was the best

• improve human society and government

• increase the power of absolute monarchs

• prevent the expression of unpopular views

The influence of the Scientific Revolution was reflected in which Enlightenment idea?

• promoting the abolition of religion

• . justifying the rule of absolute monarchs

• supporting traditional social differences

• explaining the world through natural laws

in the scientific method, how do you test a hypothesis?

• Debate other scientists

• Conduct an experiment

• Publish ideas in a book

• Get approval from monarchs