Absolute Monarchs
The Enlightenment
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
Napoleon
100

Which statement best describes the impact of the English Bill of Rights?

It limited the power of the monarchy.

100

__________ is considered the key to the enlightenment known for his quote "life, liberty, and property."

John Locke

100

John Locke influenced the American Revolution through his ideas about

Natural Rights

100

Prior to the French Revolution, which group was considered part of the Third Estate?

Merchants, Peasants, Farmers, Businessmen 

100

Which leader’s ideas of imperialism and militarism brought stability and order to revolutionary France?

Napoleon Bonaparte

200

This was the theological belief which justified the absolute power and authority of the monarch through the position’s connection to the direct will of God.

Divine Right of Kings

200

Which cultural development had the greatest effect on these events?

 Some Features Common to the American

Revolution and French Revolution  

  • Establishment of basic human rights

  • Replacement of monarchy with a republic

  • Elimination of aristocratic privileges 

The Enlightenment

200

What were colonists most angry at the Monarch for?

Placing taxes on them

200

What does this lead to:

-Enlightenment Ideas

-Abuses of the Monarchy

-Success of the American Revolution

The French Revolution

200

Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British economy was called the

The Continental System

300

What is one reason why Absolute Monarchies rose in Europe?

The church lost power after the Reformation.

300

The Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment thinker who argued that a just government had its powers separated into three different branches. What made this structure of government appealing to supporters of democratic ideas?


It kept any one part of government from having too much power.

300

Why were the colonists beings taxed?

Britain had a huge debt to pay from the French and Indian War.

300

A consequence of the radical stage of the French Revolution was the

execution of the King.

300

Which factors protected Russia from control by Napoleon’s army?

 geographic size and location

400

What king became France's most powerful ruler and boasted "I am the state"?

Louis XIV

400

This Enlightenment thinker wrote many essays, fictional works, and plays criticizing absolute monarchy, religious intolerance, and social inequality. He spent time in prison and lived in exile for much of his life. His ideas influenced leaders of the American and French revolutions. Who was he?

Voltare

400

This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.

The Stamp Act

400

Which event was a defining moment of the Radical Stage of the French Revolution?


the Reign of Terror

400

Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was

given only to those Napoleon favored.

500

What resulted from the Glorious Revolution in England?

England became a limited monarchy.

500

Helped create the first set of theories which asserted the necessity of a government to prevent anarchy. Created Social Contract Theory.

Thomas Hobbes

500

The Declaration of Independence is an example of...

a Social Contract

500

What was the Reign of Terror?

Mass executions of enemies of the Revolution.

500

What term best describes Napoleon Bonaparte’s ability to unify the French people by appealing to a strong sense of French identity?

Nationalism

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