MWH (1-4): The Enlightenment & Democratic Revolutions

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain, the United States, Germany
• Great Britain, France, American Indians
• France and Great Britain
• France and the Indians

Which of the following was an effect of the French Revolution?

• The Revolution challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and the privileges of the nobility in Europe.
• The Revolution stood for democratic government and social equality.  Political power in America shifted from the king and his nobles to the bourgeois class.
• The Revolution removed feudal restrictions from Brazil, clearing the way for the creation of a modern capitalist economy.
• The Revolution justified the executions and assassinations of nobles and kings if their subjects were unhappy with them.

John Locke's central political value was

• A) the protection of individual rights
• B) designing governments around biblical teachings
• C) ensuring an equal distribution of wealth
• D) the empowerment of the majority of people

Philosophers of the Enlightenment wanted to use __________ in all areas of life.

• A. government
• B. economics
• C. politics
• D. reason

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

American's used _________________'s idea of separation of powers to write the US Constitution. 

• A. Montesquieu
• B. Hobbes
• C. Rousseau
• D. Voltaire

Enlightenment thinkers and theories inspired

• A. the French Revolution
• B. the American Revolution
• C. other revolutions of the 1800s
• D. all of the above

The belief that government should be split into three branches to prevent one person or group from becoming corrupt.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Related to the idea of separation of powers; each branch of government must have approval from other branches in order to do certain functions.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Which document effectively broke the social contract between the colonists and King George?

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence