Enlightenment and French Revolution

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Which event is associated with this image? Options: Reign of Terror, Meeting of the Estates General, Rise of Napoleon, Storming of the Bastille

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Reign of Terror

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Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the

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commoners

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Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution? Options: ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, nationalization of the Church, outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety, demand of the Third Estate for more political power

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demand of the Third Estate for more political power

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Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

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instituting the Reign of Terror

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Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in the quotation: “. . . Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. . . .” —Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789?

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natural law

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The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

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Bastille

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In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

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The divine right theory of kings was challenged.

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Theory that humans are born with intrinsic rights, which no one can take away:

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Natural Rights

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This Enlightenment Thinker believed the best way to protect liberty was to divide the functions and powers of government into 3 branches:

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Montesquieu

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Which of the following elements IS NOT part of the close reading strategy?
- highlighting at least 3 lines in every paragraph
- summarizing the text and including main idea(s) and evidence
- circling unknown and important words
- making comments and/or questions

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highlighting at least 3 lines in every paragraph