Unit 1 CFA 2 Review - Revolutions

The French Revolution was inspired by which philosopher who argued for individual rights and freedoms?

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

This philosopher believed that when a government failed to protect the rights of its citizens, the government should be overthrown, inspiring the French and Latin American Revolutions.

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

What reason do the French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions NOT share for wanting a change in their government?

• Unfair social class systems

• Unequal distribution of wealth among the classes

• Were sick of being legally defined as slaves

• Wanted to make the decisions about how the government funtioned

This philosopher believed that power should be separated into three separate branches of government.

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

Match the following revolutions to their outcomes.

• Became the only successful slave revolution against France

• American Revolution

• A new government was set up that has governed successfully for 240 years

• French Revolution

• Multiple corrupt governments, Napoleon Bonaparte took over and named himself emperor

• Haitian Revolution

• Multiple countries achieved freedom from European rule and created new countries with mixed success

• Latin American Revolutions