WH Enlightenment and Revolution

The declaration of independence declared that the colonies?

• Were independent from British Rule

• Were independent from the United States

• Could choose a new leader every time they met

• Wanted to go to war

Which of the following is NOT an accurate reason why America won the Revolutionary War?

• The Americans had the superior military generals and more advanced technology

• The War was extremely expensive for the British, who were already in debt from previous wars

• Colonists were fighting for their freedom; had much more significance than the British fight

• The British were vastly overconfident

Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the Enlightenment on women?

• Men were encouraged to treat women worse than before

• Women were encouraged to get an education and more were accepted into fields like medicine and law, but women were still not considered equal to men.

• Women were valued higher than men in most societies of the world

• Men and women were held at 100% equality in most societies of the world

What do the Geocentric and Heliocentric models have in common?

• Both attempted to address the changing needs of government

• Both were proven to be incorrect by Galileo

• Both were proven to be incorrect by Copernicus

• Both attempted to solve the questions regarding the orbits of the planets and celestial bodies

Which of the following occurred as a direct result of the American Revolution?

• French Revolution

• Abolition of slavery in the U.S.

• The Scientific Revolution

• The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

The picture above represents which style of architecture?

• Enlightenment

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

• Classical

Author of the Declaration of Independence; 3rd President of the United States

• Jefferson

• Washington

• Adams

• Franklin

Was very passionate about individual freedoms, particularly freedom of speech

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Hobbes

Believed that all people are born equal and free

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Created the first microscope

• Janssen

• Galileo

• Leeuwenhoek

• Hooke