Ch 17 The Enlightenment Review

Question 1

By what right did the absolute monarchs of Europe rule?

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Divine

Question 2

The government should be divided into separate branches.

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Separation of powers

Question 3

Who wrote the Constitution?

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James Madison

Question 4

The US Constitution reflects Montesquieu's ideas by

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dividing the government into three branches

Question 5

How did the French put an end to their monarchical form of government?

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Executed Louis XVI & formed a Republic

Question 6

The idea that laws govern how the world operates is known as...

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Natural Law

Question 7

Select two (2) key principles of the Magna Carta.

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Limits a ruler's power, Recognizes some rights for the people

Question 8

The period of Enlightenment is also known as the ...

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Age of Reason

Question 9

The Enlightenment's concept of progress came from.......

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Humanism

Question 10

The founding fathers of America feared a strong central gov't so they created a weak one in the

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Articles of Confederation

Question 11

People protested new taxes in America because...

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People in England didn't have to pay them

Question 12

"I [may] disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death, your right to say it".

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Freedom of speech / thought

Question 13

Secular means....

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Not religious

Question 14

John Locke felt the purpose of government was...

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The peace, safety, and public good of the people

Question 15

A time in which thousands of people were executed for questioning the new French Government

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The Reign of Terror

Question 16

The First Continental Congress' most important decision was to....

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Resist the British

Question 17

John Locke's ideas of "life, liberty, and property" are known as...

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Natural Rights

Question 18

These monarchs tried to make the lives of commoners better.

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Enlightened Despots

Question 19

How did parliament react to Ben Franklin's argument about "Taxation without Representation"?

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Repealed the Stamp Act

Question 20

Mary Wollstonecraft argued for...

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Equal rights

Question 21

To pay for its wars against France, the British...

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placed new taxes on the colonies

Question 22

Government should express the people's will.

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Rousseau

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