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The Enlightenment
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1
Last battle town of the American Revolution where the British surrendered.
Yorktown, Virginia
Boston, Massachusettes
New York, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
2
According to Thomas Hobbes, the best form of government is
democracy
communism
an absolute monarchy
a federal republic
3
During the Enlightenment, what argument did government & the church use to justify censorship?
The old order respects Roman tradition.
God set up the old order
The old order reflects natural law
A strict class system ensures justice.
4
The 17th and 18th-century movement that celebrated reason.
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
American Revolution
Enlightenment
5
Mary Wollstonecraft argued that men and women should have equal __________.
trade
wages
education
salons
6
Father of the Constitution.
James Madison
George Washington
Ben Franklin
John Adams
7
An enlightened despot was a ruler who influenced
savings and investment
political and social change
supply and demand
wages and prices
8
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the ...
Sugar Bill
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Bill
Bill of Rights
9
Grants freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2nd Amendment
1st Amendment
Third Amendment
Fourth Amendment
10
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
Ben Franklin
11
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a major turning point in the Revolutionary War?
convinced Germany to help us
convinced North Korea to help us
convinced France to help us
convinced Poland to help us
12
King of England during the American Revolution.
James II
James I
George III
George V
13
Birthday of the USA.
December 7, 1941
June 1, 1796
July 4, 1776
August 16, 1977
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Advantage of the colonists in the revolutionary war
strong leadership
familiar terrain/geography
fierce determination
lots of supplies
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Life, liberty, and property
Natural right
social contract
Natural law
voting rights
16
Economist Adam Smith said business activity would be regulated by the forces of
wages and prices
manufacturing and trade
supply and demand
savings and investment
17
Founding father who went to France to gain support for the American Revolution.
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Paine
John Adams
18
Accepted the sword of surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
Ben Roethlisberger
Benjamin Lincoln
Ben Affleck
Ben Franklin
19
American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787, to revise the ...
Stamp Act
Kings Charter
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
20
Enlightenment writers tried to avoid censorship by
putting false covers on their books
disguising their ideas as fiction
supporting a strict class system
writing in Chinese
21
Tax on paper items in the colonies.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
King's Act
War Act
22
Enlightenment Despot who traveled among the peasants to learn about their problems.
King George III
Cathrine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
23
Which Enlightenment thinker said the purpose of government is to safeguard natural rights.
Thomas Hobbes
Rene Descartes
John Locke
Voltaire
24
The commander of the Colonial Army.
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison
25
The tax levied on the colonists to pay for wars that Britain had waged.
King Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
French Act
26
Britain passed the ______ _____ to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing.
King Act
Navigation Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
27
British merchants gained wealth by dominating what type of trade with Spanish America?
gold
sugar
spice
slave
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Rules discoverable by reason
Divine right
Social contract
Natural rights
Natural law
29
Social gatherings where noblemen and women exchanged Enlightenment ideas
Salons
Theocracy
Censorship
Old Order
30
Separation of powers and checks and balances was borrowed from this Enlightenment thinker.
Voltaire
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
31
Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because it
spread Enlightenment ideas
published Greek and Roman works
published articles on women's rights
was the first publication printed
32
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging colonists to break away from Britain.
Common Sense
Declaration of Rights
King Rights
Olive Branch Petition
33
The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between _____and ______ Gov't.
National and State
Executive and Legislative
State and Local
International and State
34
Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from the
Scientific Revolution
American Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution