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WorksheetsEnlightenment & Revolutions
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
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.
John Locke
Charles Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What battle ended the American Revolution?
Battle Lexington
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Bunkerhill
Battle of Concord
What was the central theme that Enlightenment thinkers were writing about?
Divine Right Theory
Debating taxation
Relationship between people and government
Increasing the power of the Church
What is the social contract theory?
People should give up some freedoms so that as a group, everyone is cared for
People should abstain from following any system of Government
All men were born equal with natural rights: life, liberty, property
Government should not be controlled by religion
Of the following enlightenment thinkers, who developed the idea for the social contract?
Charles Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Life, liberty, and property are also known as?
Unalienable Rights
Essential Rights
Natural Rights
Original Rights
What concept below would the Enlightenment philosophers be most likely to agree upon?
Government should be dictated by the Divine Right Theory
Citizens should never be involved in how the Government is ran
People should get to choose how the government controls them
There should be no separation between Church and Government
The concept that everyone was born a blank slate or, Tabula Rasa, was from what Enlightenment thinker?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Charles Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
What was the main reason the American colonists wanted freedom from Great Britain?
They wanted their own Monarch
Taxation without representation
They never wanted to be free from Great Britain, Great Britain wanted rid of the colonies
Great Britain wanted to end slavery
Many Enlightenment thinkers had strong beliefs about:
The role of government
Scientific method
Industrial growth
Increase of wealth
Who inspired the Declaration of Independence, & who authored it?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu & John Adams
Louis XVI & George III
John Locke & Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following was a result of the American victory at Yorktown?
The British lost control of the 13 colonies to France
The United States was established as an independent country
The French got more land in North America
The British got more land in North America
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
Separation of citizens into distinct classes
Reign of Terror
Unequal representation
Unfair taxation
Which Estate in France was expected to pay the majority of taxes?
First
Second
Thrid
Everyone had to pay taxes
Who led the government of the new Republic of France?
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
King Louis XVI
Maximillien Robespierre
What was the Reign of Terror
The event that started the French Revolution
The event that led to 17,000 French citizens to be killed by the Guillotine
A mob that stormed the Bastille in Paris, France
The event that started the American Revolution
What was the Guillotine?
A device that made executions more difficult
A new technology for the field of medicine
A device that made executions quicker and easier
A device used during the American Revolution
While ruling France, which of the following changes was Napoleon NOT able to bring about?
create an efficient government
increase women's rights
impose fair taxes
Napoleonic Code
When ruling France, what was Napoleon Bonaparte's title?
Sith Lord II
Emperor
King
President
What is Enlightenment?
Eloquently stating your opinion
A time period of reason and logic about how government should work
A rebirth of Art and Science
A time period of rebuilding social structure
