Unit 3: WH Absolutism to Revolution

Which statement best summarizes a major belief of the Enlightenment Period?

• no living creature should be killed

• every person is born to serve the state

• individual achievement and dignity are of great importance

• the scientific method poses a dangerous challenge to established knowledge

How did the Enlightenment and American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• They inspired ideas about unlimited government.

• They inspired ideas about limited government.

• They inspired ideas about getting rid of taxes.

• They inspired ideas about attacking the Bastille.

The Principles of the American Revolution and the French Revolution are similar in many ways. Which of the following best summarizes their similarities?

• both favored representative governments

• both limited voting rights to an economic elite

• both retained certain hereditary rights for aristocrats

• both supported equal rights for women

Which speaker's statement best reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment?

• Speaker A

• Speaker B

• Speaker C

• Speaker D

Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution? "...Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good…" Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

• natural rights

• nationalism

• free trade

• socialism

One major effect of Napoleon's rule of France was that it led to

• an increase in the power of the Roman Catholic Church.

• 1. massive emigration to the Americas.

• trade agreements with Great Britain.

• 1. a restoration of political stability.

What ideas were spread by Napoleon's troops during the Napoleonic Wars?

• Absolutism & Enlightenment

• Revolution & Trade

• Enlightenment & Revolution

• 1. Divine Right & Absolutism

According to Bolivar, which political cause contributed to the Latin American Revolution?

• all Latin American countries were a democracy

• 1. Latin American citizens had representatives in Spain

• 1. Latin Americans had no right to own land

• Latin Americans had no say in government

The Revolutions in Latin America were influenced by

• the American and French Revolutions.

• 1. the Crusades.

• 1. the Civil War in Spain.

• 1. the Renaissance

The 16th and 17th centuries, monarchs in western Europe sought to

• develop democratic institutions.

• guarantee the personal liberty of citizens.

• centralize their own political power.

• 1. encourage religious toleration.