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Paddock WH T13 Enlightenment, Scientific & American Revolution

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which enlightenment thinker believed that humans are naturally selfish and wicked?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

2.

Which enlightenment thinker believed that humans are born empty and therefore equal?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

3.

Which enlightenment thinker introduced the idea of the government and population agreeing on a Social Contract?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

4.

Which enlightenment thinker divided government into two branches for creating laws and enforcing laws?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

5.

Which enlightenment thinker added a third branch of government for judging laws?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

6.

Which region of British North America had an economy based on trade and manufacturing?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

West

7.

Which region of British North America had an economy based on a combination of trade and farming?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

West

8.

Which region of British North America had an economy based on large scale farming of Cash Crops?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

West

9.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Banned trade out of Boston Harbor

b)

Forced colonists to pay a tax on all official documents

c)

Prevented colonists from living West of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Made colonists let British Soldiers live in their homes or businesses

10.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Banned trade out of Boston Harbor

b)

Forced colonists to pay a tax on all official documents

c)

Prevented colonists from living West of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Made colonists let British Soldiers live in their homes or businesses

11.

What did the Quartering Act do?

a)

Banned trade out of Boston Harbor

b)

Forced colonists to pay a tax on all official documents

c)

Prevented colonists from living West of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Made colonists let British Soldiers live in their homes or businesses

12.

What did the Stamp Act do?

a)

Banned trade out of Boston Harbor

b)

Forced colonists to pay a tax on all official documents

c)

Prevented colonists from living West of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Made colonists let British Soldiers live in their homes or businesses

13.

What did the Coercive / Intollerable Act do?

a)

Banned trade out of Boston Harbor

b)

Forced colonists to pay a tax on all official documents

c)

Prevented colonists from living West of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Made colonists let British Soldiers live in their homes or businesses

14.

Who tried to convince loyalists to support American Independence by writing Common Sense?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine

15.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine

16.

Who represented the British soldiers in their trial for the Boston Massacre?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine

17.

Who led the Boston Tea Party as a member of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Paine