Enlightenment, French and American Revolution

French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that the best form of government would be a

Upon whose ideas is our Bill of Rights based?

What kind of government did France have after the French Revolution

Commoners had to pay all sorts of taxes, while the wealthy nobles were exempt

What caused the French government to get in so much debt?

Rousseau called the agreement by which people create a government the ___________

What country did the Americans rebel against?

Which of the following was a major cause of the French Revolution?

The price of what common food skyrocketed prior to the French Revolution?

The American Revolution was motivated by the Enlightened idea

7. The American Revolution and French Revolution were similar in that both

What country became a major ally during the Revolutionary war for the Americans?

What kind of government did France have before the French Revolution?

What was a major cause of the American Revolution?

The Enlightenment influenced revolutionary thought by

Which of the following quotes would be said by an absolute ruler?

This philosopher separated the government into three branches of government,separation of power

He believed that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank slate.

Major contribution of the Enlightenment philosophers was the introduction of new ideas about

Which of the following is NOT an idea from the Enlightenment?

How did absolute monarchs obtain their power?

________________ is the only system of government in which monarchy is the only source of power

Application of science and reason to understanding the world resulted in 1700s being known as