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ENLIGHTENMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -38 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Montesque

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-believed in the separation of powers -wrote the spirit of laws Question 2: who were the enlightened despots? describe ways each represented the enlightenment and ways they did not.

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Frederick- accepted religious tolerance, but didn't tolerate freedom of press Catherine- accepted relig. tolerance and equality Joseph- ended serfdom, accepted relig. tolerance they didnt accept what threatened their power

Question 3: Social Contract

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an agreement in which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government to avoid chaos

Question 4: Jefferson

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wrote declaration of independance, influenced by locke

Question 5: how did economic theories change during the enlightenment?

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• of E.-economies were mainly mercantilism, meaning that they had to export more than they import w/

heavy gov. interferance. Durring the enlightenment there was little gov. interference in a system called Lassiez- Faire

Question 6: Stamp Act

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tax on the colonies for paper goods to help George III pay for wars

Question 7: Salons

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informal social gatherings where at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas.

Question 8: Locke

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-believed gov. should work for people and be limited -natural rights -2 treaties of gov.

Question 9: Joseph II

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Religious equality Ended censorship Abolished serfdom

Question 10: Censorship

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church and monarchs ban and burn books

Question 11: Popular Sovergnity

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basic principal 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 the consent of the governed.

Question 12: Federal Republic

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government in which power id divided between the national, or federal, government and the states

Question 13: Frederic II

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Reduced torture Allowed free press Religious tolerance

Question 14: Rosseau

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-people are naturally good, but evils of society corrupt them -separation of powers

-GOOD OF COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PLACED ABOVE INDIVIDUAL INTRESTS

Question 15: how did some monarchs and the church react to the enlightenment?

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they didn't like the enlightenment, but they knew they had to accept it. they would not accept enlightenment ideals that threatened their power.Question 16: compare and contrast john Locke and Thomas Hobbes (what sides would they be on?)

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Hobbes was with the calviers and king Charles Locke was with the round heads and parliment

Question 17: Natural Law

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rules discovered by reason people stopped believing the church and started believing in reason and sci. method

Question 18: Describe the constitution. What enlightenment philosophies are present in the document?

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-Bill of rights(Locke, Voltaire) -Separation of power(Montesquieu) -Elected legislative and executive branch -federal republic

Question 19: Washington

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leader of continental army

Question 20: Briefly describe how the Revolutionary war played out.

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Britain had many well trained soldiers, and the colonists weren't trained and few in numbers. when France, Spain, and the Netherlands got involved to help the colonists, britan was forced to surrender.

Question 21: describe colonists' attitudes regarding Britan

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• many thought they had the same rights as English citizens because they are being taxed

-many saw themselves separate from Britan

Question 22: what was the goal of women during the enlightenment?

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equality

Question 23: how did Britain become a global power?

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-Location- controlled trade -Climate- favorable for business, commerce, trade -they won many wars -they expanded their territory

Question 24: Philosophe

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french word for philosopher; a french thinker who desired reform in society during the enlightenment.