Unit 4 Practice Test Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions

Which Enlightenment idea ensures no one leader has too much authority?

• Separation of Powers

• Separation of Church and State

• Divine Right

• Natural Rights

The idea that it is OK for others to believe differently than you, and all people should get the same treatment despite their beliefs is called:

• Religious Tolerance

• Separation of Church and State

• Natural Rights

• Divine Rights

Which Enlightenment thinker pushed for all men and women to have equal opportunities in education?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Wollstonecraft

How did the American Revolution end?

• At the battle of Yorktown, when the British surrendered.
• At Lexington and Concord, when the colonists surrendered. 
• When the British dropped atomic bombs on Boston.

What was the result of the Revolution?

• The colonists became from free Great Britain.
• The colonists moved back to Britain.
• The colonists fought the French. 

Which philosopher believed people were wicked by nature and needed to be controlled?

• Locke
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu

Why did Great Britain originally begin taxing the colonists?

• Because they wanted to buy more tea.
• To pay for the French and Indian War.
• To help them build weapons of mass destruction.

What event caused Great Britain to pass the Intolerable Acts in order to punish colonies?

• Boston Massacre
• First Continental Congress
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Tea Party

How did Washington's victory at Saratoga affect the war?

• It ended the war.
• Slaves were freed.
• More women chose to help the war effort.
• It is considered the turning point of the war.

What was the result of the American victory in the battle of Yorkstown?

• The American Revolution ended.
• The British strengthened the troops.
• The Americans kept fighting the war.
• The British continued to win the war.