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12thgrade
World History Chapter 17: Enlightenment & the American Revol
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- 1. Multiple Choicerules of conduct discoverable by reasonnatural lawsocial contractnatural rightlaissez faire
- 2. Multiple Choicean agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaosnatural lawsocial contractnatural rightlaissez faire
- 3. Multiple Choiceright that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and propertynatural lawsocial contractnatural rightlaissez faire
- 4. Multiple Choicepolicy allowing business to operate with little or no government interferencenatural lawsocial contractnatural rightlaissez faire
- 5. Multiple ChoiceFrench word for "philosopher"; French thinker who desired reform in society during the Enlightenmentphilosophecensorshipsalonsenlightened despot
- 6. Multiple Choiceabsolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social changephilosophecensorshipsalonsenlightened despot
- 7. Multiple Choiceinformal social gathering at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideasphilosophecensorshipsalonsenlightened despot
- 8. Multiple Choicerestriction on access to ideas and informationphilosophecensorshipsalonsenlightened despot
- 9. Multiple Choice17th century English thinker who believed in powerful governments (absolutism); wrote Leviathan and argued that people were naturally cruel, greedy, & selfish and could only survive under strict government control, believed in the use of a social contract;Thomas HobbesJohn LockeMontesquieuVoltaire
- 10. Multiple Choice17th century English thinker who believed in natural rights, or the rights to life, liberty, and property; wrote the Two Treatises of Government in which he argued that people formed governments to protect their natural rights; believed in limited government;Thomas HobbesJohn LockeMontesquieuVoltaire
- 11. Multiple Choicewrote The Spirit of the Laws in which he discussed the separation of government powers into three branches: legislative, executive, judicial; each branch should check the otherThomas HobbesJohn LockeMontesquieuVoltaire
- 12. Multiple Choicemost famous of the philosophes; his job was to "say what I think"; targeted corrupt officials and aristocrats; used the pen to battle inequality, injustice, superstition, the slave trade, religious prejudice; exiled from France; defends the principle of freedom of speechThomas HobbesJohn LockeMontesquieuVoltaire
- 13. Multiple Choiceproduced a 28-volume set of books called the Encyclopedia, wanted to change the general way of thinkingDiderotRousseauAdam SmithVoltaire
- 14. Multiple Choicebelieved that people in their natural state were generally good, natural innocence was corrupted by the evils of society; wrote The Social ContractDiderotRousseauAdam SmithVoltaire
- 15. Multiple ChoiceScottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations; argued that the free market should be allowed to regulate the economy with minimal government interference; manufacturing, trade, profits all linked to supply & demandDiderotRousseauAdam SmithVoltaire
- 16. Multiple Choiceornate style of art and architectureBaroqueRococoRenaissanceClassical
- 17. Multiple Choicepersonal, elegant style of art and architecture made popular during the mid-1700s that featured designs with the shapes of leaves, shells, and flowersBaroqueRococoRenaissanceClassical
- 18. Multiple Choiceexerted tight control over his subjects during his reign as king of Prussia from 1740-1786Frederick the GreatCatherine the GreatJoseph IIGeorge III
- 19. Multiple Choiceempress of Russia, read the works of the philosophes and exchanged letters with Voltaire & DiderotFrederick the GreatCatherine the GreatJoseph IIGeorge III
- 20. Multiple Choiceson of Hapsburg Austria empress Maria Theresa (she ruled as an absolute monarch), he was an eager student of the EnlightenmentFrederick the GreatCatherine the GreatJoseph IIGeorge III
- 21. Multiple Choice60 year reign as king of England, set out to reassert royal power; went to get rid of cabinet system and limit the power of ParliamentFrederick the GreatCatherine the GreatJoseph IIGeorge III
- 22. Multiple Choicelaw passed in 1765 by the British Parliament that imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies; repealed in 1766Stamp ActPopular sovereigntyTreaty of ParisFederal republic
- 23. Multiple Choicebasic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with consent of the governedStamp ActPopular sovereigntyTreaty of ParisFederal republic
- 24. Multiple Choicepeace treaty made final in 1783 that ended the American RevolutionStamp ActPopular sovereigntyTreaty of ParisFederal republic
- 25. Multiple Choicegovernment in which power is divided between the nation (federal) government & the statesStamp ActPopular sovereigntyTreaty of ParisFederal republic
- 26. Multiple Choicelocation where the British army surrendered in the American RevolutionYorktown, VirginiaJamestown, VirginiaRichmond, VirginiaRoanoke, Virginia
- 27. Multiple Choicefarmer & soldier from Virginia, attended the 1st Continental Congress, became the political and social leader from all 13 colonies, commander of Continental armyGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonBenjamin Franklin
- 28. Multiple Choicefrom Virginia, principal author of the Declaration of IndependenceGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonBenjamin Franklin
- 29. Multiple Choicehelped create the U.S. ConstitutionGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonBenjamin Franklin
- 30. Multiple Choicephilosopher, scientist, publisher, legislator, & diplomat; delegate to the Constitutional Convention and helped created the U.S. ConstitutionGeorge WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonBenjamin Franklin
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