Political Revolutions

French Enlightenment philosopher who strongly believed in freedom of speech and religion

• Voltaire

• Denis Diderot

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• We are inquisitive and industrious.

• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

• We are naturally ignorant

• We are naturally kind and helpful to others

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?

• Montesquire
• Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau

According to what you have learned, who said women should be treated as equal as men?

• Hillary Clinton

• Barbara Walters

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

A bishop (city church leader) belonged to which Estate?

• First

• Second

• Third

• None

Select the choices that are causes of the French Revolution.

• Inspiration from American Revolution

• Enlightenment Ideas

• Strong economy

• Low food prices

• Inequality among the 3 Estates

What was the Estates-General?

• France's hospital system

• A meeting of representatives from 3 Estates

• France's military leader

• the Assembly that executed the king

Declaration of the Rights of Man...

• ... explained why the British colonies should be free

• ... listed the natural rights of citizens in revolutionary France

• ... abolished the monarchy