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The Enlightenment and The American Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did British Forces surrender to General Washington and US Forces?

a)

Washington DC

b)

Yorktown

c)

Annapolis

d)

Mississippi River

2.

Which Enlightenment Philosopher believed that man was naturally good?

a)

Denis Diderot

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke

3.

Which Enlightenment Philosopher believed that people were naturally cruel and needed government to enforce order?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke

4.

Which Enlightenment Philosopher thought that government should be split into 3 branches.

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Denis Diderot

5.

Which Enlightenment Philosopher believed that girls should be taught in school?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Hobbes

6.

A ___________ is an economic policy that calls for little government regulation.

a)

Deregulation

b)

Laissez-faire

c)

Laissez-deleon

d)

Fiscal policy

7.

Enlightenment philosophers met at social gatherings called

a)

Salons

b)

Social Contract

c)

Coffee Houses

d)

Pool Halls

8.

Which of these is NOT a reason why colonists revolted against the British?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Colonial Act

c)

Intolerable Act

d)

Stamp Act

9.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Madison

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Thomas Jefferson

10.

The President has veto power over the legislative branch is an example of

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Checks and Equalization

c)

Process and Elimination

d)

Control and Balance

11.

The idea that people have the ultimate authority in government is known as

a)

Laissez-faire

b)

Popular Contract

c)

Social Contract

d)

Popular Sovereignty

12.

Monarchs and the church burning books and pamphlets is known as

a)

Social Contract

b)

Censorship

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

Popular Sovereignty

13.

Which is NOT a way philosophers spread their ideas during the Enlightenment?

a)

Distribution of Pamphlets

b)

Salons

c)

Books

d)

Town Hall Meetings

14.

The American Revolution was fought between what two nations?

a)

America and Britain

b)

America and France

c)

America and Spain

d)

America and Italy

15.

Which philosopher believed that philosopher kings should rule?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Hobbes

16.

Which philosopher believed that the middle class should rule?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Hobbes

17.

When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were separating the US from...

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

Britain

d)

France

18.

Which of the following Enlightenment ideas is NOT included in the US Government?

a)

Freedom to Vote

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Freedom of Speech

e)

Equality

19.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Britain was such a powerful nation?

a)

Navy

b)

Trade

c)

Empire

d)

Diplomacy

20.

Which of the following is NOT a powerful change that was brought on by Joseph II, Catherine the Great, and Frederick the Great?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Press

c)

Freedom of Religion

d)

Freedom from Feudalism

e)

Freedom from torture

21.

According to John Locke, things like life, liberty and property are examples of

a)

Sufficient Rights

b)

Colonist Rights

c)

Given Rights

d)

Natural Rights

22.

John Locke believed that if governments violated the rights of their people, the people have the right to..

a)

Make peace

b)

Revolt

c)

Debate

d)

Conform

23.

Which philosopher believed that absolute monarchs were the most effective rulers?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Locke

c)

Hobbes

d)

Diderot

24.

What is popular sovereignty?

a)

Power of the government originates with the monarchy

b)

Power of the government originates with the people

c)

Power of the government originates with the president

d)

Power of the government originates with the state

25.

Adam Smith believed that the _____ _____ should regulate the economy.

a)

Super Market

b)

State Government

c)

Federal Government

d)

Free Market