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Enlightenment & Revolutions

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were Rousseau, Montesquieu and Locke's philsophies similar?

a)

Supported Monarchy

b)

Supported a democracy

c)

Supported absolutism

d)

Supported Capitalism

2.
Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Natural Rights
a)
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
b)
Life, Liberty, and Property
c)
Freedom
d)
Rights to say what we want, when we want to.
4.

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Essential Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Original Rights

5.

Philosophes of the Age of Enlightenment believed that the government should

a)

raise taxes

b)

protect the people

c)

build more roads

d)

support the monarchy

6.

One consequence of the American and French Revolution was

a)

Encouraged Latin American countries to revolt

b)

Helped foreign nations fund their national debt

c)

Helped them restore their king to power

d)

Allowed them to build stronger armies

7.

What were the goals of the Mexican Revolution?

a)

To overthrow their dictator

b)

to increase taxes

c)

To distribute land to the poor

d)

Better working conditions

8.
The Haitian Revolution was the first completely successful _____ revolt in world history.
a)
Male
b)
Rich landowner
c)
Slave
d)
Nationalistic 
9.

Name the document that declared the 13 colonies free from and independent from England.

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10.

Trussaint led the Haitian revolution

(a)  

11.
Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution?
a)
The American Civil War
b)
The French and Indian War
c)
American Revolution
d)
The Seven Years War
12.

Which of the following were an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 

a)

unequal tax

b)

People did not have enough money

c)

funding foreign wars 

d)

giving too much land to the poor

13.

What type of government did the French establish after their Revolution?

a)

Constitutional Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Absolutist

14.
Which estate paid ALL of the taxes in France prior to the French Revolution?
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
15.

Name the document that set French citizens free after their revolution

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16.
What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right? 
a)
Rules by the power and blessing of God. 
b)
Rules by the suggestions of the people.
c)
Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
d)
The King is not really in power at all. 
17.

Which one of the following is not a natural right?

a)

Life

b)

Money

c)

Liberty

d)

Property