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Vocabulary Review: Enlightenment-Age of Revolutions
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Content: (2) The king's power on Earth comes from God. (3) All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property. (4) Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success. (3) All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment thinkers encouraged the improvement of society through the
(1) teachings of the church
(2) use of reason
(3) development of absolutism
(4) establishment of a rigid social hierarchy
(2) use of reason
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke both agreed that a government should be based on the
(1) separation of nationalities
(2) religious values of the people
(3) equal distribution of wealth
(4) consent of the governed
(4) consent of the governed
• Supported reforms
• Believed in natural rights and religious toleration
• Viewed themselves as servants of their state
In the 18th century, European leaders that fit these characteristics were best known as
(1) theocratic monarchs
(2) enlightened despots
(3) totalitarian dictators
(4) prime ministers
(2) enlightened despots
Louis XIV strengthened the power of the monarchy in France by
(1) centralizing control
(2) granting democratic reforms
(3) practicing religious toleration
(4) reducing the size of the bureaucracy
(1) centralizing control
Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the
(1) monarchy
(2) clergy
(3) nobles
(4) commoners
(4) commoners
What was a major cause of the French Revolution? (1) inequalities in the tax structure
(2) economic success of mercantilism
(3) failure of the Congress of Vienna
(4) Continental System in Europe
(1) inequalities in the tax structure
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their
(1) education level
(2) geographic region
(3) social class
(4) religious beliefs
(3) social class
Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for
(1) instituting the Reign of Terror
(2) protecting freedom of religion
(3) supporting the reign of King Louis XVI
(4) sending French troops to fight in the American Revolution
(1) instituting the Reign of Terror
In the late 1700s, which situation in France is considered a cause of the other three? (1) meeting of the Estates General
(2) unfair policies of taxation
(3) execution of the king
(4) storming of the Bastille
(2) unfair policies of taxation
Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the
(1) French Revolution
(2) Counter-Reformation
(3) Industrial Revolution
(4) Spanish Reconquista
(1) French Revolution
Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution? (1) ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte
(2) nationalization of the Church
(3) outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety
(4) demand of the Third Estate for more political power
(4) demand of the Third Estate for more political power
Simón Bolívar, José de San Martin, and Toussaint l'Ouverture are best known as
(1) scientists who support