One idea that the leaders of the American Revolution shared with Enlightenment thinkers?

The right to overthrow their government if it is abusive

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress

cut off ties with Britain and declared independence

What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

England decided to make the colonists help pay war debts

Why did the American colonists resent British rule?

Britain imposed high taxes and controlled trade

Mary Wollstonecraft believed

womens education should be equal to mens education

Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because they

did not have their own representative in Parliament

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One idea that the leaders of the American Revolution shared with Enlightenment thinkers?
Factories and businesses should be owned by the government
Colonies exist to provide raw materials to England
Government may restrict speech in times of crisis
The right to overthrow their government if it is abusive
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Which of the enlightened rulers made lasting changes
Catherine the Great
Elizabeth II
Joseph II of Austria
Frederick the Great of Prussia
3
The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to
raise money to support British troops stationed in America
reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures
raise money to pay for the war
reduce colonial use of foreign good
4
In The Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu developed the theory of
separation of powers
separation of church and state
freedom of religion
balance of power
5
Where did middle class French people discussed major political/philosophical ideas ?
tavern
universities
salon
social clubs
6
In 1775, the Second Continental Congress
voted to work out a plan for self-rule
declared Colonial loyalty to the Crown
revised the colonial plan for military preparedness '
cut off ties with Britain and declared independence
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Separated the government into three branches of government and argued for separation of powers.
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
Wollstonecraft
8
Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they
encouraged trade regulation
wrote fiction
challenged the old order
supported traditional ideas
9
What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
Native Americans received lands west of the Appalachians
French colonies expanded west of the Appalachians
England decided to make the colonists help pay war debts
The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas
10
People have unalienable rights which government must protect
John Locke
Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
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Why did the American colonists resent British rule?
The British king took away land to punish colonists
Britain offered to sell the colonies to France
Religious freedom was forbidden
Britain imposed high taxes and controlled trade
12
Which of the following is not an idea from the Enlightenment?
Government should serve the people
Government is responsible to the people
KIngs rule by divine rights
People have natural rights
13
Mary Wollstonecraft believed
womens education should be equal to mens education
free education should be available for all
women should have the right to vote
education is useless
14
What event signaled a turning point in the colonists’ relationship with the British?
The Boston Massacre
The Declaration of Independence
The Stamp Act Congress
The Boston Tea Party
15
The person associated with idea of free speech
Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
16
Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because they
believed that no government had the right to raise taxes
accused tax collectors of cheating them
did not want to pay the high price of stamps
did not have their own representative in Parliament
17
Why did colonist in Boston hold the Boston Tea Party?
to undermine the independence movement
to persuade the French to join their side
to welcome the British to America
to protest a tax on tea
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The best form of government is an absolute monarchy
Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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Diderot’s Encyclopedia was important because it
was the first publication to include articles by women
spread Enlightenment ideas
compiled classical Greek and Roman works
was the first publication printed using a printing press

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