Unit 8: Political Revolutions Reteach

Which Enlightenment idea influenced both the American and French Revolutions?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Popular Sovereignty

• Mercantilism

• Feudalism

Enlightenment thinkers believed the main purpose of government was to —

• Maintain social classes

• Protect natural rights

• Expand empires

• Control religion

Which statement best describes natural rights?

• Rights granted only by monarchs

• Rights people are born with, such as life and liberty

A cause shared by BOTH the American and French Revolutions was —

• Industrialization

• Heavy taxation without representation

• Religious reform

• Foreign invasion

Which social group demanded political and social change during the French Revolution?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Clergy

Which was an outcome of the French Revolution?

• Strengthening of absolute monarchy

• Establishment of equality and new political systems

• Expansion of colonial rule

• Return to feudalism

Napoleon supported Enlightenment ideals by —

• Restoring feudal privileges

• Creating equal laws under the Napoleonic Code

• Strengthening aristocratic power

• Ending legal equality

One major effect of Napoleon’s conquests was —

• Spread of nationalism

• End of revolutions

• Growth of absolutism

• Decline of new ideas

Simón Bolívar is best known for —

• Leading Haitian independence

• Liberating South America from Spanish rule

• Supporting colonial governments

• Ruling Brazil

Miguel Hidalgo helped lead independence movements in —

• Haiti

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Venezuela