Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolutions Review

An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.

• laissez-faire

• natural rights

• social contract

• natural law

Rights that belong to all humans at birth

• laissez-faire

• natural rights

• social contract

• natural law

Rules discoverable by reason

• laissez-faire

• natural rights

• social contract

• natural law

One similarity between the French and American Revolutions is that they both started because of an unfair tax burden.

• True

• False

According to the philosophy of "divine right," from where do monarchs draw their power to rule?

• directly from God

• from the will of their subjects

• from the strength of their militaries

• directly from their fathers

How did the Enlightenment influence the American and French Revolutions?

• It weakened the need for international trade

• It reinforced the idea that monarchies have absolute power

• It encouraged governments to follow religious principles

• It encouraged limited government, more individual rights and more power for citizens in government

Louis XIV maintained power of the nobles and thus the government by housing them at his palace in Varsailles.

• True

• False

Leaders of the American Revolution utilized John Locke's writings in developing constitutional governments.

• True

• False

Counterrevolutionaries and traitors were prosecuted by courts set up during the Reign of Terror.

• True

• False

The French Revolution had nothing to do with basic human rights.

• True

• False