Enlightenment, French Rev. & Industrial Rev. Assessment

Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Locke

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:

• A dictatorship

• An absolute monarchy

• A democracy

• All of these

This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

Who paid the majority of the taxes in the French government ?

• Nobles

• King

• Commoners

• Church

Based on this passage, what did the Third Estate want?

• independence from France

• more influence in the political system

• for Napoleon to be king

• freedom of religion in France

During which turning point was the passage above written?

• Age of Exploration

• Haitian Revolution

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

From Robespierre’s perspective, what was one threat the government of France faced in 1793?

• Debt from wars with other countries

• Division within France and invaders from other countries

• Control by the corrupt King of France

• The reason and liberty of the people of France

Which of the following claims is supported by evidence from the chart?

• France remained a Constitutional Monarchy throughout the French Revolution.

• Robespierre ruled France during most of the revolution.

• The French revolutionaries struggled to realize the ideals that helped start the revolution.

• Napoleon influenced events throughout the course of the French Revolution.

Identify a central cause of the events that took place in the chart.

• The establishment of direct democracy in France

• An unequal distribution of wealth and power in French society

• The conversion of the French king from Catholicism to Protestant Christianity

• The Napoleonic Wars