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

...........................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..................., 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