Enlightenment and Revolutions

What was the Enlightenment?

• A movement of Italian painters, poets, and musicians that developed art and literature that explained the human experience.

• A movement in Western Europe that emphasized the clergy and the power of enlightened despots to run the country efficiently.

• An intellectual movement in Western Europe that emphasized reason, liberty/freedom, equality, and the power of the individual to solve social problems and redefine the roles of government

• An intellectual movement in East Asia and South Asia that emphasized reason, liberty/freedom, equality, and the power of the individual to solve social problems and redefine the roles of government

The Enlightenment the idea of the divine right of kings and wanted to change it to

• The Mandate of Heaven

• popular sovereignty and democracy

• Rule by a divine oligarchy

• Rule by those who are rich and popular

Enlightened individuals wanted to change the idea of absolute power by kings to

• Social mobility for those that pass exams

• People have individual rights, equality for all and Separation of power to 3 branches

• Having the protection of the clergy for all individuals

• All of the above

Which of the following was an economic reason for the Atlantic Revolutions (not including the French)

• The idea that Mercantilism, by extent, illustrates the mother country’s tight control over their colonies since the colonists were not allowed to trade with any foreign merchants.

• The educated and wealthy middle class resented the power and privileges of the nobility (royal family) and aristocratic families (people who are born into vast amounts of wealth)

• The Enlightenment ideas and documents from the American and French Revolutions will influence later revolutions.

• The Divine Right of Kings and the dynastic succession of power can lead to ineffective or oppressive rulers

Which of the following were the social reasons for the Atlantic Revolutions?

• The idea that Mercantilism, by extent, illustrates the mother country’s tight control over their colonies since the colonists were not allowed to trade with any foreign merchants.

• The educated and wealthy middle class resented the power and privileges of the nobility (royal family) and aristocratic families (people who are born into vast amounts of wealth)

• The Enlightenment ideas and documents from the American and French Revolutions influenced later revolutions.

• The Divine Right of Kings and the dynastic succession of power can lead to ineffective or oppressive rulers.

Which of the following was the political for the Atlantic Revolutions?

• The idea that Mercantilism, by extent, illustrates the mother country’s tight control over their colonies since the colonists were not allowed to trade with any foreign merchants.

• The educated and wealthy middle class resented the power and privileges of the nobility (royal family) and aristocratic families (people who are born into vast amounts of wealth)

• Ideas about the equality of women wanted to replace patriarchy with equality for all

• The Divine Right of Kings and the dynastic succession of power can lead to ineffective or oppressive rulers.

She was a women's rights advocate in France who wrote "The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen." Her execution during the Reign of Terror seems to indicate that feminist ideas were too radical even for the leaders of the French Revolution

• Mary

  Wollstonecraft

• Olympe De Gauges

• Susan B Anthony

• Amelia Earhart

She was a British women's rights advocate who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women."

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Olympe De Gauge

• Susan B Anthony

• Amelia Earhart

Agreement were people give up their freedom and allow governments to rule in exchange for safety. It also states that if governments are not doing their job, people have the right to rebel.

• Freedom of Religion

• natural rights

• separation of power

• social contract

The rights to life liberty and property are called

• Freedom of Religion

• natural rights

• separation of power

• social contract