Age of Revolutions

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A time period, mostly in the 1700's, where philosophers and thinkers thought science and reason could improve all humanity.

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Enlightenment

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John Locke believed people were born with certain rights that no one could take away. What are these rights? (Options: Life, liberty, property; Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; Freedom of speech, religion, and property; Social Contract)

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Life, liberty, property

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Life, liberty, property

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natural rights

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Who did King Louis XVI agree to help defeat the British? Options: French, Greeks, American colonists, Italians

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American colonists

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Which of the following made up 1% of the French population, and included clergy?
Options: First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate, Middle Class

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First Estate

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Which of the following made up 2% of the French population, and included nobles?
Options: First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate, Peasants

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Second Estate

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The ___ made up roughly 97% of the French population.

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Third Estate

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Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution? Options: Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes. Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes. The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income. The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

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The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution? An unfair tax system among the Estates, Government debt from wars, An increase in the cost of living, Frequent attacks from the British

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Frequent attacks from the British

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What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

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A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.