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Enlightenment & American Revolution Quiz

Authored by Michael Macias

Social Studies

10th Grade

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Enlightenment & American Revolution Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

One of the main grievances of the colonists against the British Crown was…

impressment

excessive taxation

fighting in the French & Indian War

little direct involvement by the Crown in affairs in America

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Two of the specific taxes that made American colonists bitter and angry were the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Life, Liberty, and Property (Natural rights), and self-government were this Enlightenment Philosopher’s big ideas….

Voltaire

Locke

Rousseau

Montesquieu

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Montesquieu proposed a new political idea that is still used today in America. What is it called?

separation of the purse

separation of Parliament

separation of powers

separation anxiety

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which Enlightenment Philosopher wrote about “government freely formed by the people,” and had his own version of social contract?

Wollstonecraft

Bolivar

Voltaire

Rousseau

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Women should be educated and women have the right to participate in politics. These were ideas championed by which Enlightenment Philosopher?

Wollstonecraft

Voltaire

Bolivar

Locke

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which world-changing conflicts did the Enlightenment influence?

American and Russian Revolutions

Russian and French Revolutions

English and South American Revolutions

American and French Revolutions

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