The Outbreak of the Revolution

The ideas that envisaged a society based on........

• freedom and equal laws

• opportunities for all

• All of the above

Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch through his book

• The Spirit of the Laws

• Two Treatises of Government

• The Social Contract

Montesquieu proposed

• a division of power within the government-the legislative, the executive and the judiciary

• a form of government based on a social contract

• a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for al

(a)   carried the idea forward, proposing a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives.

............................was a political body to which the three estates sent their representatives.

• The Estate General

• National Assembly

• Convention

• Directory

Why was the Estate General called

• change the voting pattern

• accord the recognition to National Assembly

• to pass proposals for new taxes

• None of the above

The third estate was represented by its

• prosperous members

• educated members

• women

• peasants

Rousseau in his book..................demanded the democratic principles regarding voting, where each member would have one vote

• Two Treatises of Government

• The Spirit of the Laws

• The Social Contract

Montesquieu’s model of government was put into force in the (a)   , after the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Britain.

The ideas of these philosophers were discussed in ..........

• salons

• coffee-houses

• through books and newspapers

• None of the above