Unit 5 Test Review

Documents like the English Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, The Declaration of Rights of Man:

• Gave the ruler more power

• Made rulers responsible to the people

• Took away civil rights

• Established a constitutional monarchy

Montesquieu and Locke believed power should be divided between different branches of government so that no one has too much power. This is called:

• Constitutional monarchy
• Legislative branch
• Direct democracy
• Separtaion of powers

The Enlightenment:

• Turning point in history
• Intellectual movement to improve the world
• Used reason to challenge tradition
• All of the above

American Revolution was fought to get independence from a distant ruler in

• France

• England

• Italy

• Spain

Purpose of the French Revolution:

• Defeat England
• Conquer Europe
• Overthrow the French monarchy
• Increase the King's power

After the American and French Revolutions, people had

• more say in government
• more taxes
• less participation in government
• fewer rights

Who wrote Common Sense, arguing for American independence from England?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

Who was NOT an Enlightenment thinker who influenced the US Constitution?

• Locke
• Voltaire
• Galileo
• Montesquieu

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• The first US Constitution
• Set up French government
• Established British monarchy
• Writings by Locke

The Articles of Confederation:

• Set up a weak central government
• Gave states most of the power
• Congress couldn't tax
• All of the above