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Bacheller's Chapter 17: The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Bacheller's Chapter 17: The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
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Chapter 17: The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
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The system of checks&balances in the Constitution was influenced by the ideas of which thinker?
Montesquieu
Diderot
Locke
Voltaire
2
What statement best describes Voltaires novel Candide?
Advocates the divine right to rule
Supports a society based on class system
Emphasizes heavenly reward for earthly suffering
Exposes corruption and hipocracy
3
Which despot traveled among the peasants in disguise to learn about their problems
Maria Theresa
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
Frederick the Great
4
The battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the American Revolution because
The victory convinced France to support the revolution
The French fleet help the Americans triumph
It caused the British to sign the Treaty of Paris
It was the first American defeat in the War
5
Which of the following was an advantage of the colonist in the American revolution?
A large number of trained soldiers
Large money resources for military supplies
Allies among Native Americans and enslaved people
Diverse geography
6
How did the diversity of religious and ethnic groups impact social distinctions?
social distinctions were more blurred
the colonists didn't fee entitled to rights
the colonists tended to support British taxes
the colonists tended to support British royalty
7
Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women & men should have equal in:
property rights
education
voting rights
employment opportunities
8
Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they
wrote fiction
challeneged the old order
suported traditional ideas
wrote in salons
9
Economist Adam Smith argued that, in a free market, business activity would be regulated by
supply and demand
wages and price
savings and investment
manufactoring and trade
10
The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between
national and state government
two houses of parliament
branches of state government
the government and the people
11
What was the new music style of the Enlightenment?
baroque
romantic
classical
folk
12
In the 1700s, British merchants gained an Enormous wealth by dominating what type of trade?
Slaves
Tea
Cotton
Molasses
13
Physiocrats supported a government policy of
mercantilism
trade regulations
laissez faire
tariffs
14
The idea of natural law emerged during what time period?
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Glorious Revolution
Reformation
15
What was the best type of government according to Thomas Hobbs?
a theocracy
a federal republic
an absolute monarchy
a democracy
16
How did the government justify their war of censorship?
The old order respects roman tradition
God set up the old order
The old order reflects natural law
The strict class system ensures social justice
17
American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise
The Bill of Rights
The Magna Carta
The articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
18
What discoverable by reason did thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior & society?
Divine right
Natural right
Natural law
Social contract
19
Which Enlightenment thinker argued that government should protect the natural rights of people?
Descartes
Voltaire
Locke
Hobbes
20
Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because
Was the first publication to include articles by women
Was the first publication printed with moveable type
Compiled classical Greek and Roman works
Spread enlightenment ideas
21
Which of the following British laws impose taxes on such items as newspapers and pamphlets?
Sugar act
Declaratory act
Navigation act
Stamp act
22
Britain past the navigation acts to
Regulate colonial trade
Support free trade in the colonies
Crack down on smugglers
Encourage world exploration
23
How did enlightenment thinkers avoid censorship?
disguising their ideas as fiction
writing in latin
putting a false cover
supporting a strict class system
24
The idea of separation of powers in the Constitution was borrowed from the thinker
Rousseau
Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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An enlightened despot was a ruler who
influenced political and social change
allowed limited voting rights
wrote satire to expose corruption
gave up absolute power
