Enlightenment and Revolutions Test

Which of the following social groups was part of the Third Estate?

• The bourgeoisie
• Urban workers and peasants
• Both a and b
• Priests, monks, and bishops

Why did the Parisian mob storm the Bastille on July 14, 1789?

• It was full of important political prisoners.
• It represented the tyranny of the French monarchy.
• King Louis XVI was inside the fortress walls.
• The governor of the Bastille was planning to attack the mob with the fortress cannons

Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?

• a belief in progress
• a more secular outlook
• faith in science
• all of the above

Between 1550 and 1789, Enlightenment ideas swept

• only through France and colonial America.
• only through European society.
• through European society and colonial America.
• throughout the world.

Which of the following was influenced by Enlightenment Ideas?

• literate middle class
• thinkers and artists
• American colonists
• all of the above

Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings

• God has chosen all government rulers
• Independence is built by military might
• A capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy
• The power of the government is derived from the governed

What did John Locke and Thomas Jefferson believe the people should do if their government did not protect their natural rights?

• Appeal to the national religion to protect their natural rights
• Peacefully protest to a higher authority
• Overthrow their government
• Change their natural rights

According to John Locke, people form governments to protect their _________:

• social contracts
• loyalties
• natural rights
• philosophes

Which country can best argue that it was basically born out of the Enlightenment era?

• England
• United States
• France
• Mexico

Simón Bolívar, José de San Martin, and Toussaint l’Ouverture are best known as

• scientists who supported the heliocentric theory
• leaders of Latin American independence movements
• early Spanish explorers of the New World
• communist leaders of the 19th century