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Republicanism
Universal male suffrage (Thomas Paine)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before 508BC, Democracy gave who in Athens a vote? | All male citizens |
| What mass movement in Britain called for universal male suffrage? | Chartism |
| After World War I ended, what replaced monarchies across Europe? | Democratic republics |
| What rights are the most precarious? | Those dependent on property |
| How do property owners abuse their position of privilege? | By running society for their own benefit |
| Who will rise up against the rich if their needs are neglected? | The poor |
| What English monarch was executed in 1649? | King Charles I |
| Who emigrated to America in 1774? | Thomas Paine |
| Thomas Paine sought to reclaim arguments for democracy and republicanism made during who's time? | Cromwell's |
| What was anonymously published in Philadelphia in 1776 making a case for the colonists to break from the British monarchy? | "Common Sense" |
| Paine held that what was the most natural way to balance society with those of government? | Democracy |
| A democracy society could be built by only what? | Full independence |
| How did Thomas Paine defend his position caused by Burke's opposition to the French Revolution? | He replied with "The Rights of Man", printed in early 1791 |
| What did Paine call for the National Convention in England to do? | Draft a new republican constitution |
| Paine asserted that sovereignty should not lie with the monarch, but with who? | The people |
| In which countries did Paine's ideas have the most impact? | America and France |
| Who recommended that Paine become editor of "Common Sense" magazine? | Benjamin Franklin |
| What happened to Thomas Paine as a result of his publishing "The Rights of Man"? | He was charged with seditious libel |
| What was the first governing assembly to be elected by universal male suffrage? | The French National Assembly |
| Who is credited as one of the Founding Fathers of independence and Constitution? | Thomas Paine |