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World History
World History Enlightenment test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name 3 reforms that physiocrats believed were needed in economic reform? | 1. believed in Laissez Faire 2. rejected mercantilism 3. believed that real wealth came from making the land productive, not looking for gold and silver |
| Name 3 ways enlightenment ideas spread? | 1. people read work of enlightenment thinkers 2. pamphlets spread ideas of the enlightenment 3. people discussed and exchanged new ideas in coffee houses and salons |
| Name 3 reasons why Britain became a global power in the 1700's? | 1. geography 2. successes at war 3. favorable business climate |
| Name 3 new political institutions in Britain after the Glorious Revolution? | 1. Constitutional Government 2. The Cabinet System 3. Prime Minister |
| Name 3 reasons why English colonies in America were important to Britain? | 1. American ports ans ships linked Britain's global trade 2. Britain applied mercantilist polices to the colonies 3. colonist paid British Taxes |
| Name 2 reasons why the colonists began to resent England? | 1. Britain raised taxes on the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War 2. Colonist resented being taxed without representation in Parliament |
| Name 3 ways enlightenment ideas were reflected in the constitution of the U.S.? | 1. based on social contract theory of government 2. established government divided into 3 branches 3. Bill of Rights recognized the basic rights that government must protect |
| Name 2 ways the American Revolution affected other Nations? | 1. sparked revolution in Europe and Latin America 2. the Constitution was copied or adapted by many countries around the world |
| Name 3 beliefs of Thomas Hobbs? | 1. argued that people were naturally cruel 2. believed in Social Contract 3. believed that only a powerful government like an absolute monarchy could insure an orderly society |
| Name 4 beliefs of John Locke? | 1. believed people were moral 2. believed in natural rights 3. rulers can protect natural rights 4. people have right to overthrow government if it doesn't ensure natural rights |
| Name 1 belief of Baron de Montesquieu? | believed government should be separated into executive, legaslative, and judicial branches to prevent one group from gaining too much power |
| Name 3 beliefs on Jean Jacques Rousseau? | 1. believed people were basically good 2. believed people were corrupted by society 3. believed in an ideal society that people would make the laws and obey them willingly |
| period of time known as the Age of Reason when people tried to apply the laws of nature to human society | Enlightenment |
| laws that govern human nature | natural laws |
| agreement by which give up the state of nature, or freedom, for an organized society or strict government | social contract |
| right to life, liberty, and property given to people at birth | natural rights |
| enlightenment thinkers who focused on economic reforms | physiocrats |
| policy of allowing business to operate with little or no government interference | Laissez Faire |
| informal social gatherings | salons |
| the European old society based on divine right and strict class system | Old Order |
| absolute monarchs who used their power to bring about social and political change | Enlightened Despots |
| form of government combining ideas of Absolute Monarchy and democratic governments | Constitutional Monarchy |
| a government who power is defined and limited by law | Constitutional Government |
| separate political groups within a single government who pool their votes together to advance their common interests | Political parties |
| conservative political party in England who preserved older traditions | tories |
| political party in England which backed more liberal reforms | whigs |
| small group of leaders of a majority party who met separately to set policy | Cabinet System |
| the leader of the Majority Party in the Parliament of England who also serves as the chief official of the British government | Prime Minister |
| pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called on American colonies to declare independence from Britain | common sense |
| wrote the pamphlet | Thomas Paine |
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