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The Enlightenment & American Revolution
The Enlightenment & American Revolution
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A review game of the Enlightenment and the American Revolution.
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The Bill of Rights are the first ______ amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
6
15
10
5
2
The British taxed the colonists to help pay for what?
war debt
infrastructure
food
representation
3
In 1781, George Washington forced the British to surrender at the Battle of
Yorktown.
Versailles.
Collierville.
York.
4
This philosopher believed that laws existed to preserve social order, not to avenge crimes.
Hobbes
Diderot
Montesquieu
Beccaria
5
Who was NOT and author of the Federalist Papers?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
6
Allowing business to operate with little government interference is called _____________.
natural right
laissez faire
social contract
philosophy
7
Which city was the center of the Enlightenment during the 1700s?
Paris
London
Dresden
Copenhagen
8
Philosophes were known as _______________.
physiocrats.
"...lovers of wisdom."
men who were religiously tolerant.
"...philosophers who hated stupidity."
9
This person believed government powers should be divided among THREE branches.
Hobbes
Montesquieu
Locke
Beccaria
10
What did Adam Smith say was needed in order to regulate business activity?
free choice
demand
free market
supply
11
A gathering where people could exchange ideas was called?
rococo
censorship
salon
baroque
12
The basic rights that the U.S. government had to protect were the freedom of speech, press and
religion.
education.
petition.
assembly.
13
A Russian monarch who sought to abolish capital punishment and torture.
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
Austin Sun
14
This philosopher published a 28-volume of books that spread the Enlightenment ideas.
Locke
Rousseau
Diderot
Voltaire
15
During the Boston Tea Party, colonists destroyed tea to protest
British rule.
the American Revolution.
"...no taxation without representation."
British taxes.
16
This philosopher supported religious tolerance and freedom of thought.
Voltaire
Hobbes
Smith
Locke
17
Enlightened despots used their power to bring about what type of change?
political and economic
economic and environmental
social and economic
political and social
18
Who wrote that people have the right to overthrow government that violates their rights?
Cesare Beccaria
John Locke
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
19
What was the first document to govern the United States?
The U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
20
A literary form that developed during the Enlightenment was
the novel.
the short story.
the epic poem.
the lyric poem.
21
What was the name of the first true English novel?
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
22
What is the term for dividing the government into different branches?
Spirit of the Laws
absolute monarchy
democracy
separation of powers
23
Saw himself as the "first servant of the state."
George Washington
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
Frederick the Great
24
During the Boston Massacre, British soldiers were pelted with what?
snowballs
ice
rocks
mud
25
The rococo art style
praised kings and queens.
grand and complex.
was light, elegant, and charming.
focused on glorifying battles.
26
Declaration of Independence was adopted on what date?
July 2, 1787
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1787
July 2, 1776
27
Restricting access to information and ideas is called?
closed-captioning
limited access
serfdom
censorship
28
The British had the advantage of professional soldiers, more money, and
weapons of mass destruction.
open waters on all sides.
endless supply of food.
a powerful navy.
29
What was the name of Thomas Hobbes' book?
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
The Leviathan
Two Treaties of Government
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
30
Physiocrats focused on what types of reform?
economic
environmental
social
political
31
Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn were all
musicians.
philosophers.
writers.
painters.
32
Who was the military general for the Colonists?
Forrest Gump
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
33
What was another name for "The Enlightenment?"
The Time of Questions
The Age of Reason
The Age of Knowledge
Who knows, who cares!
34
Thomas Hobbes that people couldn't be trusted and need ________________ to keep order.
strong government
a social contract
A constitution
natural rights
35
This philosopher urged equal education and greater rights for women.
Beccaria
Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Smith
36
The Sugar Act of 1764 was kind of tax?
export tax
import tax
political tax
food tax
37
What are natural laws?
Rules that come from natural rights.
Rules made by Mr. Dunigan.
Laws or rules made by discoveries & reason.
Laws made by nature.
