Revolutions Quiz

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Stavka koja se može prevući		Odgovarajuća stavka
Third Estate		English philosopher famous for his belief in the idea of natural rights
Boston Tea Party		English philosopher who believed absolutism was the only stable form of government
Storming of the Bastille		Enlightenment idea of dividing government powers between equal branches
National Assembly		Enlightenment idea that society is built on an agreement between the ruled and the rulers about protecting rights
King Louis XVI		Event where American colonists dumped British tea into the sea to protest tax laws
John Locke		French leader who's poor leadership helped create the French Revolution
separation of powers		Section of French society that includes commoners, peasants, and the middle class.
Constitution of 1791		Attack by French peasants that served as the symbolic start of the French Revolution
Thomas Hobbes		Name taken by the Third Estate after they swear the Tennis Court Oath
social contract		Document passed by the National Assembly making the French monarchy limited by law

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Which of the following is the concept that government power derives from an agreement between the ruled and the rulers?

separation of powers

absolutism

social contract

laissez faire

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . .”
- The Declaration of Independence
Which Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the idea expressed in this passage?

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rosseau

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

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Louis XIV's authority to rule was based on which of the following ideas?

divine right

limited monarchy

popular sovereignty

separation of powers

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Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people needed order enforced on them by a strong ruler?

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Baron de Montesquieu

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Which development during the American Revolution shifted the war in favor of the colonists?

Continuing the war became unpopular among most British citizens.

The Americans failed to advance into Canada.

France began funding, training, and arming American colonists.

Britain was drawn into a separate war with Spain.

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Which of the following statements would philosopher John Locke have agreed with concerning the role of government in society?

The primary role of government is to generate a profit.

There should be no government at all.

The primary role of government is to create order and protect citizens from themselves.

The primary role of government is to protect the natural rights of citizens.

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Which of these answer choices is a cause of the French Revolution?

The First Estate and Third Estate could not agree about how to reform the economy.

France’s royal treasury was in debt because it could not collect enough tax money from the Second Estate.

Land was unequally distributed among peasants, nobility, and the Church, which set off the “Flour War.”

There was a wide gap between the privileges of the lowest class that paid most of the taxes and the wealthy bourgeoisie who paid few taxes.

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Which event do historians generally consider the start of the French Revolution?

Women's March on Versailles

Signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783)

Execution of Louis XVI

Storming of the Bastille

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Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?

The commoners were burdened with holding society together.

The monarchy feared the anger of the church.

The clergy and nobility were in conflict with each other.

The nobility was the force holding society together.

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Using the map below, what conclusion can you draw about support for the American Revolution among the colonies?

A large number of colonists were not supportive of the Revolution.

Large cities were sources of support for the Patriots.

The western frontier was a large region of Loyalists.

Indian tribes were known supporters of the American revolutionaries.

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What is most likely the reason this engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere inflamed public opinion against the British?

It shows the colonists as unarmed victims of the attack.

It shows that the colonists were outnumbered.

It shows that the colonists knowingly provoked the British soldiers.

It shows the colonists firing on the soldiers.

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The colonial tax that the British Parliament placed on goods like the one shown below led directly to...

Oliver Cromwell's creation of the Commonwealth of England.

protests in the colonies.

widespread colonial support for Parliament's tax plan.

the French and Indian War.

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Which of the following most accurately describes the cause of French financial woes in 1789?

Aggressive colonial expansion into the African interior

Continued spending on wars in North America

A trade war with Spain

Paying war reparations from the Thirty Years' War

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Revolutions Quiz

Which of the following is the concept that government power derives from an agreement between the ruled and the rulers?

Louis XIV's authority to rule was based on which of the following ideas?

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people needed order enforced on them by a strong ruler?

Which development during the American Revolution shifted the war in favor of the colonists?

Which of the following statements would philosopher John Locke have agreed with concerning the role of government in society?

Which of these answer choices is a cause of the French Revolution?

Which event do historians generally consider the start of the French Revolution?

Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?

Using the map below, what conclusion can you draw about support for the American Revolution among the colonies?

What is most likely the reason this engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere inflamed public opinion against the British?

The colonial tax that the British Parliament placed on goods like the one shown below led directly to...

Which of the following most accurately describes the cause of French financial woes in 1789?

Identify and explain ONE way that the American Revolution represented the ideals of the Enlightenment.

Which of the following is the concept that government power derives from an agreement between the ruled and the rulers?

Louis XIV's authority to rule was based on which of the following ideas?

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people needed order enforced on them by a strong ruler?

Which development during the American Revolution shifted the war in favor of the colonists?

Which of the following statements would philosopher John Locke have agreed with concerning the role of government in society?

Which of these answer choices is a cause of the French Revolution?

Which event do historians generally consider the start of the French Revolution?

Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?

Using the map below, what conclusion can you draw about support for the American Revolution among the colonies?

What is most likely the reason this engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere inflamed public opinion against the British?

The colonial tax that the British Parliament placed on goods like the one shown below led directly to...

Which of the following most accurately describes the cause of French financial woes in 1789?

Identify and explain ONE way that the American Revolution represented the ideals of the Enlightenment.