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