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Enlightenment and American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

John Locke

Montesquieu

Rousseau

Voltaire

“People are sovereign and have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property”

The author of the quote above is

Locke

Hobbes

Montesquieu

Voltaire

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

John Locke

Montesquieu

Rousseau

Voltaire

Which statement best describes the concept of popular sovereignty?

Government power should be divided between individual states and a federal government.

All government power ultimately derives from the consent of the people being governed.

The authority to rule comes directly from God.

All people are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away.

The Sugar and Stamp acts were imposed by the British to help pay for which war?

World War II

English Civil War

The French and Indian War

Boston Massacre

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Voltaire

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Wrote the book, Leviathan, during the English Civil War

Hobbes

Rousseau

Montesquieu

Locke

How many English colonies were there in North America before revolution?

Four

One

Enlightenment philosopher who edited the Encyclopedia to help educate the public.

Voltaire

Denis Diderot

Mary Wollstonecraft

Adam Smith

10.

Why did Parliament choose to raise taxes on the American colonies beginning in 1763?

To help pay the French and Indian War debt

To build a new home for the monarch

To paint a new Proclamation Line through the mountains

To buy a surplus of rice and indigo

11.

Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women should be equal

Voltaire

Denis Diderot

Mary Wollstonecraft

Adam Smith

12.

__________ wrote that the best way to protect liberty was to divide government’s powers and functions. He also proposed separation of powers and checks and balances.

Baron de Montesquieu

Adam Smith

Voltaire

John Locke

13.

The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher

Rousseau

Voltaire

Locke

Montesquieu

14.

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed the good of the community should be placed above individual interests?

John Locke

Voltaire

Motesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

15.

How did Hobbes view human nature?

We are inquisitive and industrious.

We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.

We are born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..

16.

What did the Bill of Rights protect in the newly formed United States?

Kings

Land

Basic rights

Philosophers

17.

__________ used wit to expose abuses in government. He also defended freedom of speech.

Voltaire

Baron de Montesquieu

Adam Smith

John Locke

18.

Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship.

Voltaire

Denis Diderot

Mary Wollstonecraft

Adam Smith

19.

What was the basis of most people's lives BEFORE the Enlightenment?

Obedience and belief

Progress and reason

Trust

Fear

20.

Voltaire believed that by winning the freedom of speech, you win the other_________________.

Encyclopedias

Freedoms

Laws

Governments

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Enlightenment and American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

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