Enlightenment

The Declaration of Independence was influenced by what philosophical movement?

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Rennaissance

• Age of Reason

What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?

• Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Article 1

According to Rousseau, the general will represents what is best for the

• government

• people

• military

• educated

The change in the worldview of Europeans brought about by scientific discoveries and technological advancements during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is often referred to as the __________ .

• Technological Revolution

• Glorious Revolution

• Age of Discovery

• Scientific Revolution

Who wrote two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, Common Sense and The American Crisis?

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• Nathanial Greene

During the Enlightenment, English writer Mary Wollstonecraft advanced the philosophy of _________ .

• women’s rights

• freedom of action

• freedom of speech

• abolition of slavery

By approving the Declaration of Independence, an entire people had officially declared their right to....

• form a militia.

• choose their government.

• meet in public.

• print their own materials.

According to Rousseau’s concept of the social contract, .....

• a society agrees to be governed by its general will.

• a government should exact harsh punishment for crime.

• the government should not interfere in economic affairs.

• the government should not interfere in the lives of the citizens

Which idea of Montesquieu has been incorporated into the U.S. Constitution?

• social contract

• economic laissez-faire

• religious tolerance

• separation of powers

Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought was his

• analysis of the governmental system of checks and balances.

• identification of the natural laws that governed human society.

• theory that the government should interfere with religious matters.

• idea that punishments should be brutal to be effective.