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1
The ideas of the Enlightenment challenged long-term assumptions about sovereignty and instead proposed that
A)true government stems from religious authority.
B)the best form of government is autocracy.
C)governments are bound to the will of the people.
D)all government is inherently unjust. Humans are better off living in a state of nature.
E)church and state should be entirely separate.
2
Which of the following could be considered an expression of Enlightenment ideas about government?
A)the Stamp Act of 1708
B)the Quartering Act
C)the Declaration of Independence
D)the Committee of Public Safety
E)the Congress of Vienna
3
The American colonists won their bid for independence primarily because
A)they had superior generals.
B)they were united in the cause of freedom.
C)colonial militias were more disciplined and better marksmen than British troops.
D)the French and the Dutch decided to support them against the British.
E)all of the above
4
Embedded in the American Constitution is the principle of
A)universal male suffrage.
B)the abolition of slavery.
C)mercantilism.
D)westward expansion.
E)popular sovereignty.
5
Which of the following was one of the causes of the French Revolution of 1789?
A)a staggering national debt
B)accusation of treason against Louis XVI
C)resentment of the privileges of the bourgeoisie
D)charges that the monarchy was suppressing the Catholic church
E)all of the above
6
The Declaration of the Rights of Man did all of the following except
A)proclaim the equality of all men.
B)declare that sovereignty resided in the people.
C)assert individual rights.
D)grant women the right to vote.
E)it did all of the above
7
Under the rule of the Convention
A)France declared war on Austria and Prussia.
B)women were proclaimed full citizens of the Republic.
C)Napoleon came to power.
D)nobles regained their former rights.
E)all of the above
8
Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power as
A)a liberal noble who supported the Third Estate.
B)a military hero.
C)an opponent of Robespierre.
D)a supporter of Marie Antoinette.
E)none of the above
9
In general, Napoleon championed
A)political freedom but not social equality.
B)equality under the law but not political freedom.
C)freedom of expression but only for the aristocracy.
D)all the rights of citizenship proclaimed by the National Assembly.
E)the restoration of the ancien régime.
10
Which of the following factors helped start the Haitian Revolution?
A)Five hundred gens de couleur who served in the American Revolution brought revolutionary ideals back to Haiti.
B)Many American plantation owners supported the revolution.
C)Napoleon was a staunch abolitionist.
D)The revolutionaries had the support of British and Spanish forces.
E)all of the above
11
John Locke argued that government was a contract between rulers and ruled.
A)True
B)False
12
Britain suffered a surprising defeat in the Seven Years' War.
A)True
B)False
13
The British parliament sough to impose the Sugar and Stamp Acts on the American colonists in order to defray some of the costs of the Seven Years' War..
A)True
B)False
14
Representatives of the third estate seceded from the Estates General in June 1789 and declared themselves the National Assembly.
A)True
B)False
15
The Directory radically expanded Robespierre's "reign of terror."
A)True
B)False





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