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Enlightenment & Revolutions

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which Enlightenment thinker had the concept that all men have natural rights (life, liberty, property)? This thinker also inspired the ideas in the Declaration of Independence.

a)

John Locke

b)

Charles Montesquieu

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2.

What battle ended the American Revolution?

a)

Battle Lexington

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battle of Bunkerhill

d)

Battle of Concord

3.

What was the central theme that Enlightenment thinkers were writing about?

a)

Divine Right Theory

b)

Debating taxation

c)

Relationship between people and government

d)

Increasing the power of the Church

4.

What is the social contract theory?

a)

People should give up some freedoms so that as a group, everyone is cared for

b)

People should abstain from following any system of Government

c)

All men were born equal with natural rights: life, liberty, property

d)

Government should not be controlled by religion

5.

Of the following enlightenment thinkers, who developed the idea for the social contract?

a)

Charles Montesquieu

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Voltaire

d)

John Locke

6.

Life, liberty, and property are also known as?

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Essential Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Original Rights

7.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
8.
Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.
a)
True
b)
False
9.

What concept below would the Enlightenment philosophers be most likely to agree upon?

a)

Government should be dictated by the Divine Right Theory

b)

Citizens should never be involved in how the Government is ran

c)

People should get to choose how the government controls them

d)

There should be no separation between Church and Government

10.

The concept that everyone was born a blank slate or, Tabula Rasa, was from what Enlightenment thinker?

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Charles Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

John Locke

11.

What was the main reason the American colonists wanted freedom from Great Britain?

a)

They wanted their own Monarch

b)

Taxation without representation

c)

They never wanted to be free from Great Britain, Great Britain wanted rid of the colonies

d)

Great Britain wanted to end slavery

12.

Many Enlightenment thinkers had strong beliefs about:

a)

The role of government

b)

Scientific method

c)

Industrial growth

d)

Increase of wealth

13.

Who inspired the Declaration of Independence, & who authored it?

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu & John Adams

c)

Louis XVI & George III

d)

John Locke & Thomas Jefferson

14.

Which of the following was a result of the American victory at Yorktown?

a)

The British lost control of the 13 colonies to France

b)

The United States was established as an independent country

c)

The French got more land in North America

d)

The British got more land in North America

15.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Separation of citizens into distinct classes

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Unequal representation

d)

Unfair taxation

16.

Which Estate in France was expected to pay the majority of taxes?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Thrid

d)

Everyone had to pay taxes

17.

Who led the government of the new Republic of France?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

King Louis XVI

d)

Maximillien Robespierre

18.

What was the Reign of Terror

a)

The event that started the French Revolution

b)

The event that led to 17,000 French citizens to be killed by the Guillotine

c)

A mob that stormed the Bastille in Paris, France

d)

The event that started the American Revolution

19.

What was the Guillotine?

a)

A device that made executions more difficult

b)

A new technology for the field of medicine

c)

A device that made executions quicker and easier

d)

A device used during the American Revolution

20.

While ruling France, which of the following changes was Napoleon NOT able to bring about?

a)

create an efficient government

b)

increase women's rights

c)

impose fair taxes

d)

Napoleonic Code

21.

When ruling France, what was Napoleon Bonaparte's title?

a)

Sith Lord II

b)

Emperor

c)

King

d)

President

22.

What is Enlightenment?

a)

Eloquently stating your opinion

b)

A time period of reason and logic about how government should work

c)

A rebirth of Art and Science

d)

A time period of rebuilding social structure