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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The pledge created by the 3rd Estate to draft a new constitution for France is known as? | Tennis Court Oath |
| Balance of power, alliances, containment of France, and kings restored to power were the goals put forth at what meeting? | Congress of Vienna |
| What does the term popular protest mean? | The people will support it. |
| What was the first example that POPULAR PROTEST would play a role in the French Revolution? | The fall or storming of the Bastille. |
| After 10 years of instability(chaos)due to the French Revolution who came to power in France. | Napoleon |
| According to John Locke what should the government protect? | Natural rights |
| According to John Locke what were all humans born with in a state of nature? | life, liberty and property |
| The boundaries of European countries were redrawn at the Congress of Vienna to contain what country? | France |
| During the "bloodless revolution" in England what happened without fighting or deaths? | Transfer of power from King James II to William and Mary. |
| What feature was shared by the major revolutionary movements of the late 1700s and early 1800s? | All maintained that government’s power comes from its people |
| What does the term "unalienable rights" refer to? | Rights that a government can't take away. |
| The American people are sovereign. What does that mean? | The people have the power. The government is created by the people. |
| The European intellectual movement that emphasized the responsibility of government to protect people’s natural rights was called the | Enlightenment. |
| What is the purpose of having 3 branches of government? | To separate the power of the government so it doesn't get too powerful. |
| "Sovereign power resides with the people" is known as | Popular sovereignty |
| Ancient Greek philosophers helped the development of democracy by... | promoting reason and thought. |
| In Judeo-Christian tradition, helping others in need should be... | responsibility of every person. |
| A political system in which representatives are elected by the people follows the model of... | A republic |
| In the Greco-Roman view, the world is governed by natural laws that can be discovered through... | reason. |
| The estates in France were.. | Social classes |
| The American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen both.. | emphasize the rights of the individual. |
| What are 3 causes of the French Revolution? | Taxes, food shortages, and foreign wars |