How did life change for most European peasants in the 1700s?

Life changed slowly, if at all.

During the Enlightenment, the governments and churches of Europe

hindered new ideas by burning books & imprisoning writers.

How did courtly art in the 1700s differ from art in the 1600s?

It followed the personal, elegant style of rococo.

What benefit did the 13 colonies on the eastern coast of North America bring Great Britain?

Increased trade with Britain; helped it gain territories.

Voltaire's outspoken attacks on the abuses of his day resulted in what consequences?

Voltaire was imprisoned and forced into exile.

Why did the colonists protest against "taxation without representation"?

They were not represented in Parliament.

Which of the following tells why the 13 American colonies were important to the British empire?

Britain used mercantilist policies to strengthen its economy

How did the Salons of the Enlightenment develop?

Noblewomen invited friends to their homes for readings.

Baron de Montesquieu wanted to separate the powers of government among three branches to

prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.

Rousseau argued what point in his writings about the natural human state?

He believed people are basically good with a natural naivety

Why did colonists hurl a cargo of British tea into the Boston harbor?

to protest a tax imposed by the British

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1
How did life change for most European peasants in the 1700s?
Life changed rapidly as peasants gained more land & rights.
Life changed slowly, if at all.
Most peasants moved from one area to the other.
Life was transformed by the Enlightenment thinkers.
2
Which of the following rulers was the most radical enlightened despot?
Charles I of England
Joseph II of Austria
Catherine the Great of Russia
Louis XIV of France
3
How did the British try to create alliances within the colonies?
They offered the wealthy colonists more money.
They broke families apart and blackmailed the colonists.
They appealed to women to be faithful to the mother country.
They courted the slaves.
4
During the Enlightenment, the governments and churches of Europe
tried to stop new ideas by banning printing presses.
encouraged reform by giving money to writers & philosophers.
encouraged discussion of Enlightenment ideas.
hindered new ideas by burning books & imprisoning writers.
5
How did courtly art in the 1700s differ from art in the 1600s?
It strictly followed Roman tradition.
It followed classical Greek tradition.
It followed the grand, complex style of baroque.
It followed the personal, elegant style of rococo.
6
What benefit did the 13 colonies on the eastern coast of North America bring Great Britain?
They were one large penal colony.
Use as bases for illegal activities like smuggling.
Increased trade with Britain; helped it gain territories.
A place for the Enlightenment's philosophes to escape to.
7
England became united with which areas to help facilitate its rise to global prominence?
Southern France & Canada
India and China
the United States & colonial islands in the South Pacific
Scotland & Wales
8
Which Enlightenment idea was contained in the Constitution of the United States?
women's right to vote
rule by hereditary monarch
the right to refuse to pay taxes
the separation of powers
9
Voltaire's outspoken attacks on the abuses of his day resulted in what consequences?
Someone Voltaire attacked tried to kill him.
Voltaire had to share quarters with slaves.
Voltaire was imprisoned and forced into exile.
Catholics wanted him burned at the stake.
10
Why did the colonists protest against "taxation without representation"?
They were not represented in Parliament.
They felt the Native Americans should also be taxed.
They refused to pay for the 7 Years' & French & Indian wars.
They felt King George wasn't their king/ should be dethroned
11
Which composer was a child prodigy producing a great amount of music before dying at age 35?
Franz Joseph Haydn
George Frederic Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12
What new form of literature developed by the 1700s?
the short story
plays
novels
poetry
13
Thomas Jefferson used which philosophe's ideas as he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Voltaire
Adam Smith
14
Philosophes insisted people & governments can solve all sociopolitical, & economic problems by
believing in predestination.
using reason.
accepting all cultures and religions.
putting God above all else.
15
What city was the "heart of the Enlightenment"?
Paris
Vienna
Rome
Philadelphia
16
Which of the following tells why the 13 American colonies were important to the British empire?
They supplied workers for British factories.
Rich in resources, they filled Britain's treasury.
They supplied slave labor to Britain.
Britain used mercantilist policies to strengthen its economy
17
How did the Salons of the Enlightenment develop?
The middle class gathered in Parisian parks to hear Mozart.
Merchants gathered in taverns to discuss trade issues.
Noblewomen invited friends to their homes for readings.
Men met secretly in upper rooms of a shop to gamble.
18
Baron de Montesquieu wanted to separate the powers of government among three branches to
reduce the workload of public officials.
reduce the amount of bureaucracy.
reduce the cost of running the government.
prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
19
Rousseau argued what point in his writings about the natural human state?
He believed people needed governments to protect rights.
He believed in the divine right theory.
He believed people are naturally cruel, greedy, & selfish.
He believed people are basically good with a natural naivety
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Why did colonists hurl a cargo of British tea into the Boston harbor?
to seek revenge for the Boston Massacre
to protest a tax imposed by the British
to destroy a shipment contaminated by disease
to declare their independence from Britain

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