Chapter 6 The Enlightenment
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What was the Enlightenment?
The movement that stressed reason, thought, and the power of the individual to solve problems
The movement that gave rights to working class people in England
The belief that monarchs received their authority from God
The movement that created electric lights for large cities in England
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The large set of books that contained scholarly articles and essays about the ideas of the Enlightenment were published by _________________________
John Locke
Baron von Montesquieu
Voltaire
Denis Diderot
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Which of the following was a way American colonists were developing a new sense of identity?
Americans began to speak English
The British required Americans to get new Passports
They all had new Driver's Licenses
Each colony had its own government
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The Leviathan was a book by ____________________ that expressed his views about the importance of an absolute monarch and the social contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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Monarchs who embraced the ideas of the _____________________ were known as Enlightened Despots
Divine Right of Kings
Enlightenment
Magna carta
Scientific Revolution
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Americans were upset by the _______________ because we had no representation in Parliament
The Declaration of Independence
Proclamation of 1763
The Articles of Confederation
Stamp Act
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What was the Social Contract?
The unwritten behavior agreement between people on social media
The unwritten laws that state how you and your friends should act at parties
The agreement between Church and State
The agreement between a government and the people it governed
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Frederick the Great ruled ________________ from 1740-1786
France
Russia
Prussia
Austria
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Violating the social contract is what the Americans accused ____________ of to justify their rebellion
George Washington
Catherine the Great
Louis XVI
King George III
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All people are born with three natural rights according to _________________
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
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Russia was ruled by ___________________ from 1762-1796
Louis XVI
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
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A government in which its citizens rule through __________________ is known as a republic
Direct democracy
Drawing straws
A dictator
Elected representatives
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John Locke stated that the duty of a government is to protect the rights of its people, and if they did not, the people had the right to _______________
Overthrow the government
Immigrate to another country
Kill the King
do nothing
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Catherine to expand Russia south took the Black Sea from the ______________
Ottoman Empire
Poland
Prussia
Austria
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What was the name of the loose confederation of states thatwas America’s first national government?
The Articles of Confederation
The Confederate States of America
The Third Reich
The First American Republic
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Who were the Philosophes?
The monarchs who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment
The name given to the French social critics and philosophers during the Enlightenment
Those Americans who supported the ratification of the Constitution
The Russian peasants who were tied to the land they worked
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There were __________________ branches of government in the Articles of Confederation government
Three
Two
Four
One
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Voltaire's given name was __________________________
Jean Jacques Rousseau
William Windsor
Francois Marie Arouet
Thomas Hobbes
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____________________ was a form of slavery used in Europe where the peasants were tied to the land they worked
Apprenticeship
Penal Servitude
Indentured Servitude
Serfdom
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The ______________________ did not have the power to tax states
The Anti-federalists
The Confederation government
The Constitution
The Federalists
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