Enlightenment and Revolution review

Why did many European nations choose to establish constitutional monarchies instead of abolishing monarchies altogether?

• Monarchies provided a tradition of political stability

• many politicians were funded by royalist organizations

• monarchies controlled the economic foundation of the country

• many politicians feared a violent takeover of the government

the social and political unrest of the French Revolution set the stage for the ----

• rule of the Jacobins

• Rise of Napoleon

• revival of Feudalism

• rivalry of the aristocrats

Which of the following would a person supporting independence from Britain during the American Revolution feel are true?

• slavery should be abolished in the colonies

• the rights of women should be expanded

• tje economic policies of Great Britain are unfair

• we lack representation in Parliament

Following the French and Indian War, Britain insisted that America help pay Britain's war debts. THis resulted in

• the British granted the rebels complete independence

• Tories began migrating to Canada to escape British persecution

• Mercantilism policies were abandoned by the British Parliament

• colonists refused to pay the taxes demanded by the British Parliament

what was the MAIN purpose of boycotts in colonial America?

• to disrupt trade with foreign nations

• to prove the effectiveness of home rule

• to protest taxation without representation

• to decrease the power of English merchants

the principle of the Declaration of Independence what had the most influence on the French REvolution was the

• right to own property

• authority to overthrow a monarchy

• promise of equality among social classes

• guarantee of certain basic human rights

which of the following are the effects of the Napoleonic Wars

• collapse of Spain/independence movements in Latin AMerica

• inspired French Revolution and helped the church

• inspired American REvolution

• no effect at all

what countries did SImon Bolivar lead revolutions

• Ecuador/Peru

• Columbia/Venezuela

• Brazil.Argentina

• Chile/Paraguay

which of the following did the UNited States have in common with Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Argentina?

• all were formerly under Spanish rule

• all were created after the French Revolution

• all were governed by the same constitution

• all were former colonies

what are unalienable rights?

• rights that have been added as amendments

• rights that are specifically protected by the government

• rights that the government cannot take away without just cause

• rights that the citizen has when traveling outside the country