Ch 22 - Revolutions in the Atlantic World

What was the Great Fear?

• Landlords' use of vagabonds to seek vengeance on unruly peasants

• An uprising of the urban poor

• Peasant uprisings in the country side

• A campaign by rural parish priests to instill a greater fear of god in the people

What was one of the special privileges enjoyed by European nobility in the eighteenth century?

• They had a monopoly on road tariffs.

• They were given the right to purchase titles.

• They were given an exemption from taxes.

• They could take control of a guild of their choosing.

What was one of the results of the increase in population and urbanization during the eighteenth century?

• There were more job opportunities than ever before.

• Inflation grew, making it more difficult for urban people to afford food and rent.

• Common people were freed from paying taxes and fees.

• Economic freedoms increased, but more legal restrictions were introduced.

Who were the bourgeoisie?

• Children of mixed aristocracy

• Wealthy, educated commoners

• Merchant marriages

• Poor but titled nobles

By the late eighteenth century, European law recognized only what kinds of people as slaves?

• People who could not pay their debts

• Eastern Europeans born to illiterate parents

• Anyone not born into the elite, noble class

• Africans or people of African descent

What did eighteenth-century reformers believe about the rule of monarchs?

• That it should be constrained by the will of the people

• That it could be limitless as long as it was benevolent

• That it should be completely abolished in favor of democracy

• That it should be open to debates among the wealthy

John Locke believed that a government should

• be invested in a democracy.

• be served by an absolute monarch.

• protect those who won property.

• work through Parliament.

In the Americas, the Seven Years' War was a border dispute between the colonies of what two countries?

• Britain and France

• Spain and Portugal

• Portugal and the Netherlands

• England and Prussia

What did both Britain and France do as a result of the Seven Years' War?

• Lost all their colonies

• Dominated European politics

• Began to focus more on Asia

• Raised taxes

Which of the following was a difference between life in England and life in the British North American colonies?

• The right to vote was more widespread in England than it was in the colonies.

• Religious freedom was taken for granted in the colonies.

• There was greater social and economic equality in England than in the colonies.

• British colonists could not hold assemblies or meetings.