Enlightenment & Revolutions Study Guide

What are the four characteristics of a revolution?

• A. Dissident elites, mass frustration, shared motivation, and state crises

• B. Gradual change, limited participation, economic focus, and stability

• C. Peaceful transition, individual action, cultural emphasis, and continuity

• D. Slow reform, elite involvement, technological advancement, and tradition

The church did not support Enlightenment thinkers and their philosophies because:

• they promoted reason and individualism over tradition and religious authority.

• they supported the church's traditional views and doctrines.

• they were indifferent to religious matters.

• they sought to strengthen the church's influence.

What did John Locke believe in?

• Natural rights and government by consent

• Absolute monarchy

• Socialism

• Feudalism

What Enlightenment beliefs are found in the Declaration of Independence?

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Powers

• Religious freedom

• Gender equality

What did Jean Jacques Rousseau believe in?

• Divine right of kings

• Anarchy

• Social contract and general will

• Oligarchy

What did Voltaire believe in?

• Autocracy

• Totalitarianism

• Censorship and state religion

• Freedom of speech and religion

What did Montesquieu believe in?

• Separation of powers

• Centralized power

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

What did Mary Wollstonecraft believe in?

• Traditional gender roles

• Women's rights and equality

• Inequality

• Patriarchy

The primary difference between what the Declaration of Independence is advocating for and what the Declaration of the Rights of Man is advocating for is:

• The Declaration of Independence advocates for individual rights, while the Declaration of the Rights of Man advocates for collective rights.

• The Declaration of Independence advocates for the political freedom from British rule, while the Declaration of the Rights of Man advocates for universal human rights.

• The Declaration of Independence advocates for economic freedom, while the Declaration of the Rights of Man advocates for political freedom.

• The Declaration of Independence advocates for religious freedom, while the Declaration of the Rights of Man advocates for freedom of speech.

What Enlightenment beliefs are found in both the Haitian Constitution of 1801 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

• Natural Rights and Gender Equality

• Gender Equality and Separation of Powers

• Separation of Powers and Natural Rights

• Natural Rights and Religious Freedom