Deck 1

Question 1

According to Hobbes and Locke, human nature is guided by ________ _________.

Answer 1

Constitutional government

Question 2

Life, liberty, and property, are examples of what? (2 words)

Answer 2

Natural rights

Question 3

A ______crat believed that natural laws could be used to define economic systems

Answer 3

Physiocrat

Question 4

Joseph II was a(n) __________ __________ Because he used enlightenment ideas to bring about political and social change.

Answer 4

Enlightened despot

Question 5

The powers of a(n) ____________ government defined and limited by law.

Answer 5

Constitutional

Question 6

Editor of the controversial “encyclopedia“

Dennis Diderot
or
Robert Walpole

Answer 6

Dennis Diderot

Question 7

Philosopher who believed that people are basically good:

Thomas Payne
Or
Jean-Jacque Rousseau

Answer 7

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

Question 8

German composer of religious music for choirs and organ:

Robert Walpole
Or
Johan Sebastian Bach

Answer 8

Johan Sebastian Bach

Question 9

Whig leader often called Britain’s first prime minister:

Robert Walpole
Or
Thomas Payne

Answer 9

Robert Walpole

Question 10

Author of pamphlet encouraging Americans to declare independence from Britain

Jean -Jacques Rousseau
Or
Thomas Paine

Answer 10

Thomas Paine

Question 11

Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to protect the __________ of the people

Answer 11

Liberties

Question 12

Which of the following is a true statement about European peasants during the enlightenment?

Most moved to the cities

Their life changed greatly

The enlightenment had little effect on your life

Answer 12

Their life changed greatly

Question 13

Its strong_______ helped Britain become a global power in the 1700s

Answer 13

Navy

Question 14

Which of the following groups had the right to vote in Britain in the 1700s?

Male citizens over 21

Male property owners

Answer 14

Male property owners

Question 15

Who controlled trade with in the colonies of the British Empire?

Answer 15

Great Britain

Question 16

Did John Locke
Or
Adam Smith

influence the thinking behind the statement “no taxation without representation “

Answer 16

John Locke

Question 17

Which event suggest that the American revolution had a global impact?

England and Scotland unite

The treaty of Paris of 1783

The French Revolution

Answer 17

The French Revolution

Question 18

How many years passed between the publication of Locke’s “two treatises of government“ and the end of the American revolution?

93

75

Answer 18

93

Question 19

Essay question: why was Locke’s belief that governments exist to serve the people considered a radical idea?

Answer 19

People had certain natural rights (life, liberty, and property)

Rejected absolute monarchy

Radical idea was the right government has an obligation to people it governs

If government feels in doing so people have the right to overthrow it

Right to revolution echoed all across Europe

It was radical because it almost sounded perfect to the people and they had never heard anything like it before

Question 20

Essay question: how did King George III and his advisers help bring about the American revolution?

Answer 20

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