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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
Democracy
B
Representative Government
C
Enlightenment
D
Social Contract
2) an agreement among members of society, people submitted to an authoritarian ruler to prevent disorder.
A
Social Contract
B
Magna Carta
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
The constitution
C
Natural rights
D
Bill of rights
4) Separation of power- Dividing government into three separate branches. These branches (legislature, executive, and judicial)
A
Legislative branch
B
Separation of powers
C
Bill of rights
D
Natural Rights
5) citizens elect representatives to make laws and policies for them
A
Representative Government
B
Monarchy
C
Democracy
D
Republic
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
Democratic Republic
D
Federal System
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 Adams
B
John Locke
C
Thomas Hobbes
D
James MAdison
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
James Madison
C
John Locke
D
Thomas Hobbes
9) This person was was a brilliant 18th Century French historian. He argued in favor of tolerance, freedom of religion, and free speech
A
Voltaire
B
Hobbes
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 American Revolution
B
The Great War
C
French and Indian War
D
the 7 years war
11) This war between the Britain and France was fought IN EUROPE over the control of North America.
A
The American Revolution
B
The Great War
C
The 7 years war
D
The French and Indian War
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 over British soliders remaining in the American colonies after the French and Indian War
C
The colonists were upset with the British over having to fight in the French and Indian War
D
The colonists were upset with the lack of land they were rewarded 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
The Constitution
C
The Magna Carta
D
John Locke's Social Contract
14) When was the Declaration of Independence made official
A
April 19 1775
B
July 4 1776
C
July 4 1763
D
April 19 1763
15) What was the first battle of the American Revolution
A
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
B
The British Massacre
C
The Battle of Shilo Hill
D
The Battle of Bull Run
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
John Adams
D
James Madison
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