MWH - Fall Final 2019
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- Q1"When the government fears the people, there is liberty; when people fear the government, there is tyranny". The author of this statement most likely supports:the rights of dictators to impose fear over other peoplean industrial revolutionthe election of a new presidentthe right of the people to have a revolution when governments fail to serve the people20s
- Q2At the time of its revolution, France could best be described as being socially:divided between a large lower class, a growing bourgeoisie, and a small nobilitya time when great philosophers were critical of the monarcha time of few rightsa place where social mobility by the lower and middle classes was high20s
- Q3Which of the following best describes the British authorities point of view concerning their decision to tax the colonists?taxes collected will support the colonies desire for independencetaxation on colonists is a reasonable demand due to the cost of protecting them from Indian attacks and French land claimscolonists had a right to complain since they had been taxed without proper representationcolonists have no right to complain since they are represented in Parliment20s
- Q4What were the causes of the French Revolution?the King's invasion of AmericaEnlightenment ideals, weak leadership, and economic troublescakean invasion by the British20s
- Q5Following the French and Indian War, how did the colonists react to the taxes imposed on them by Great Britain?they thought the taxes were fair because they were used to help pay for the French and Indian Warthey resented the taxes because the British did not protect them against Native American attacksthey resented the taxes because they did not have representation in Parlimentthey thought the taxes were fair because they discouraged smuggling20s
- Q6What ideas led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution?monarchy is the best form of government and ideas from the EnlightenmentAll of the aboveidea of slavery as a natural right and the increase of taxesthe ideas of the Enlightenment and dissatisfaction with colonial rule20s
- Q7Thomas Jefferson argued in the Declaration of Independence that governments derive their power fromthe peopleParliamentthe Militarythe Monarch20s
- Q8"We hold these truths to be self evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". This quotation is evidence that some of the basic ideas in the Declaration of Independence were:adaptations of rules used by the Holy Roman Empirereflections of the philosophies of the European Enlightenmentlimitation of the principles underlying most European governments in the 1700'sadaptations of the laws of Spanish colonial government in North America20s
- Q9What best describes the Third Estate prior to the French Revolution?it consisted of peasantrythe First and Second estates outnumbered them in terms of populationit included the middle class, peasants, and urban workersit had the right to tax peasants for its profits20s
- Q10A study of revolutions would most likely lead to the conclusion that pre-revolutionary governments:fail to meet the political and economic needs of their peopleare more concerned with human rights than the governments that replace themrefuse to arm their military with advanced technologyattempt to bring about separation of government from religion20s
- Q11John Locke's theory of the social contract, as developed in the United States Declaration of Independence, stated thatlegislators should have more power than the Kingthe people should revolt against a government that did not protect their rightsmonarchs could rule autocratically, but they had to grant certain rights to their subjectsgovernments should guarantee equal economic conditions to all people20s
- Q12Why were members of the Third Estate dissatisfied with their way of life under the Old Regime?because they were heavily taxed and lacked any political powerbecause they did not like changes brought about by the Revolution and wanted to return the monarchy to powerbecause they wanted to protect their economic systembecause they were forced into the military20s
- Q13The Tennis Court Oath was in reaction to:King Louis XVI being restored as the monarchMarie Antoinette's expensive life stylethe First Estate being given all the political power over Francebeing locked out of their meeting20s
- Q14What faction believed in keeping parts of the French government and changing some aspects of it?Non-partisanModeratesLiberalsConservatives20s
- Q15The Declaration of Man and Citizen guaranteed:the establishment of the 4th estatea specific form of governmentindividual rights and freedomsan end to hereditary monarchy20s