2.4 StudyGuide - Enlightenment and Revolutions

The Glorious Revolution led to the establishment of Europe's first constitutional monarchy—a system of government in which

• the monarch's powers are limited by a constitution.

• the constitution dictates how the monarch is selected.

• the monarch and Parliament are equal under the constitution.

• the constitution limits how long the monarch can serve.

Which statement is true of the English Bill of Rights?

• It essentially created a social contract between the monarch and his subjects.

• It established natural law as the basis for law and government.

• It essentially limited the practice of all religions except Anglicanism.

• It guaranteed that Parliament would protect the people's rights from the monarch.

What was the historical significance of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• It persuaded many colonists to support independence.

• It made the British angry enough to send troops to the colonies.

• It introduced colonists to Enlightenment ideas in simple language.

• It presented the case for compromise between the colonies and Britain.

As a direct result of the Boston Tea Party, the British

• demanded colonists pay a tax on newspapers.

• closed the port of Boston to punish the colony.

• defeated the French in the French and Indian War.

• expanded the powers of the legislative assemblies.

The initial united front the Colonists created to stand against the British was known as

• The First Continental Congress 

• Declaration of Independence

• Radicals

• Colonial Protesters

This document was signed on July 4, 1776, officially declaring the 13 colonies free states

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

American leaders replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution because the AoC

• created too strong an executive.

• lacked a Bill of Rights.

• gave too little authority to the states.

• made the central government too weak.

The Constitution was ratified (updated) in 1788 to add the Bill of Rights. This was meant to

• protect individuals' civil liberties

• Allow women to vote

• ban slavery in America

• Allow some British control in America

In France before the French Revolution, the Third Estate or commoner class, included

• nobles.

• clergy members.

• merchants.

• only women and children.

In the late 18th century, the French government faced financial troubles partly as a result of

• its unwillingness to increase taxes on the poor.

• the cost of helping with the American Revolution.

• the expense of calling a meeting of the Estates-General.

• a decrease in the value of wealthy landowners' investments.