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The Enlightenment Period
Test Description: This test will be based on the enlightenment period notes.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) An intellectual movement
A
Social Contract
B
Enlightenment
C
Representative Government
D
Democracy
2) an agreement among members of society, people submitted to an authoritarian ruler to prevent disorder.
A
Magna Carta
B
Social Contract
C
Democracy
D
Natural rights
3) All human beings had, by nature, the right to life liberty, and property (later changed to pursuit of happiness)
A
Sovereign rights
B
Natural rights
C
The constitution
D
Bill of rights
4) Separation of power- Dividing government into three separate branches. These branches (legislature, executive, and judicial)
A
Separation of powers
B
Natural Rights
C
Legislative branch
D
Bill of rights
5) citizens elect representatives to make laws and policies for them
A
Representative Government
B
Monarchy
C
Republic
D
Democracy
6) The powers of the government were to be divided between the federal or central, government and the states or local governments
A
Democracy
B
Separation of powers
C
Federal System
D
Democratic Republic
7) This person believed that people were by nature selfish and ambitious. He thought the type of government needed to control selfish ambition
A
John Locke
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
James MAdison
D
John Adams
8) This person argued that the English people had been justified in overthrowing James II. The government had failed under James to perform its most fundamental duty—protecting the rights of the people
A
John Adams
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
John Locke
D
James Madison
9) This person was was a brilliant 18th Century French historian. He argued in favor of tolerance, freedom of religion, and free speech
A
Hobbes
B
Voltaire
C
Rousseau
D
Locke
10) This war between the Britain and France was fought IN THE American colonies over the control of North America.
A
The Great War
B
the 7 years war
C
French and Indian War
D
The American Revolution
11) This war between the Britain and France was fought IN EUROPE over the control of North America.
A
The French and Indian War
B
The 7 years war
C
The Great War
D
The American Revolution
12) What was the primary cause of the American Revolution
A
The colonists were upset with the British crown for levying taxes on them without having a representative in parliament
B
The colonists were upset with the British over having to fight in the French and Indian War
C
The colonists were upset with the lack of land they were rewarded after the French and Indian War
D
The colonists were upset over British soliders remaining in the American colonies after the French and Indian War
13) What famous document did the American Colonists base their argument of (no taxation without representation)
A
The Bill of Rights
B
John Locke's Social Contract
C
The Magna Carta
D
The Constitution
14) When was the Declaration of Independence made official
A
July 4 1776
B
April 19 1775
C
April 19 1763
D
July 4 1763
15) What was the first battle of the American Revolution
A
The Battle of Shilo Hill
B
The British Massacre
C
The Battle of Bull Run
D
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
16) What was the name of the government America originally had after the end of the Revolution
A
The Constitution
B
The Declaration of Independence
C
The Article of Confederation
D
The Mayflower Compact
17) Who was the (Father of the Constitution?)
A
John Locke
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
James Madison
D
John Adams
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