Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his book The Social Contract, argued that in an ideal society, the sovereign voice of government

would be the members of society acting collectively.

would be the king because, despite his faults, he was still of divine appointment.

should be the nobles instead of the king because of their control of the land.

should be the bishops and archbishops because of their special relationship to God.

After the end of the Seven Years' War,

the colonists grew increasingly frustrated with British control and taxes.

the British lost complete control of their North American colonies.

the French proved to be much better for the colonies after the British left.

the colonists grew much closer to the British, in appreciation for British sacrifices in the war.

In the years leading up to the American revolution, the colonies responded to increasing British levies with the slogan

"no taxation without representation."

"liberty, equality, fraternity."

Which of the following was NOT one of the principles built into the government of the newly formed American state?

the equality of all inhabitants

emphasis on the rights of individuals

a written constitution that guaranteed personal freedoms

a responsible government based on popular sovereignty

The leaders of the French revolution

called for a complete reorganizing of French political, social, and cultural structures.

were much more conservative than the leaders of the American revolution.

accepted the fact that France would always have to have a king.

created concepts and documents that would later influence the American revolution.

The ancien régime was the

old order in France that revolutionary leaders wanted to replace.

estate that comprised the clergy in pre-revolutionary France.

term for the first democracies in Greece and Rome.

traditional, European-born ruling class in South America.

In August 1789, the National Assembly expressed the guiding principles of the French revolution by issuing

the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

the Declaration of Independence.

the French Constitution of 1789.

The guiding principles of the French revolution are summed up in the phrase

"liberty, equality, fraternity."

The leaders of the Convention hoped to hold off invading counterrevolutionary forces by

calling for the levée en masse.

forming a military alliance with the new American republic.

restoring the power and position of the French monarchy and thus placating the other nations.

handing over their most radical leaders for public trial.

During the rule of the Directory,

the French revolution came under more pragmatic control.

the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written.

the French revolution reached its most radical stage.

the French monarchy was abolished and Louis XVI was executed.

Napoleon's Civil Code

affirmed the political and legal equality of all adult men.

gave absolute free speech to French newspapers.

was a modern restatement of Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis.

had at its core the radical measures of the Convention.

The creoles of Latin America were influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment

but only wanted to displace the peninsulares and still retain their privileged positions.

and hoped for the establishment of an egalitarian society like that of Haiti.

but wanted to turn the tables and deny all rights to the peninsulares.

but wanted to carry these notions to their logical conclusion and grant equality to women.

The goal of Simón Bolívar was to

weld the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation like the United States.

form stable, smaller South American states centered around distinct tribal or linguistic groups.

have the colonies of South America remain linked to Spain but attain a measure of self-government.

bring the former Spanish colonies of South America into union with the United States.

Which of the following revolutionary leaders is NOT correctly linked with his country?

José de San Martín and Argentina

pushed a bill through Parliament that ended the slave trade.

wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

was the chief proponent of conservatism in the eighteenth century.

focused his efforts on gaining complete equality for women.

The German leader Otto von Bismarck believed that the great issues of his day would be determined by

"liberty, equality, fraternity."

"the resurgence of the ancien régime."

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The author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen was

Marie Antoinette.

Olympe de Gouges.

Maximilien Robespierre.

Simone de Beauvoir.

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After the publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen,

the French revolutionary leaders refused to put women's rights on their political agenda.

the French revolutionary leaders called for complete equality for women.

its author, Olympe de Gouges, became a leading force in the French revolution.

it was, in fact, the English who offered complete equality for women.

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The revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century helped to spread Enlightenment ideals and

encouraged the consolidation of national states.

strengthened European control over South America.

repudiated socialist and communist philosophies.

gave complete freedom and equality to women.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Revolutionaries of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century

were able to destroy all vestiges of the ancien régime.

were mainly influenced by Marxist ideology.

argued for the necessity of popular sovereignty.

accepted the legitimacy of the divine right of kings.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author of the Second Treatise of Civil Government was

Voltaire.

Rousseau.

Locke.

Hobbes.

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Which of the following was NOT one of John Locke's main ideas?

that although kings did have divine sanction, their subjects maintained personal rights

that sovereignty was held by the people in a society

that subjects had the right to remove their ruler

that rulers derived their authority from the consent of those they governed

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following was NOT one of the basic ideals of the Enlightenment thinkers?

popular sovereignty

legal equality

political equality

equality between women and men

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