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Unit Quiz

Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution?

This quiz will help you to assess your learning of key concepts and knowledge in this unit.

Due to the overlap in knowledge and themes, the following 'Age of Revolutions' Unit Quiz assesses knowledge from the following enquiries: 1) Did the Enlightenment fuel a revolution in America? 2) How enlightened was the French Revolution? 3) What did the French Revolution mean to Britons? The Unit Quizzes for these enquiries are all the Age of Revolutions Quiz.

Q1.Which of the following were Enlightenment ideas?

The Pope is the supreme religious authorityPeople have natural rights and should show religious tolerationThe Bible should be read and interpreted by individualsThat women should have the vote

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Q2.Which of the following are Enlightenment thinkers?

Plato and AristotleLuther and CalvinColumbus and Marco PoloGalileo and Leonardo Da VinciVoltaire and Rousseau

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Q3.What name is given to the American lands controlled by Britain in the eighteenth century?

The United States of AmericaLand of the freeThe Plantation StatesThe 13 ColoniesThe New World

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Q4.What was the name of the document that announced the 13 Colonies would become a separate country outside the British Empire?

The ConstitutionThe Intolerable ActsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Separation of Powers

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Q5.What does 'tyranny' mean?

A government which is led by all the peopleA government which is ruled by a constitutional monarchA government which rules badly and cruellyA government which rules respecting natural rights

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Q6.In which city was there a major protest in 1773 about taxes on tea?

BostonLondonPlymouthWashingtonPhiladelphia

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Q7.When Colonists complained about a lack of 'representation', what did they mean?

Colonists did not like the way the British government seemed to speak in metaphors.Colonists thought it was unfair that the British Parliament had to rule alongside George IIIColonists thought it was unfair they could not vote in elections for the British parliament.Colonists did not like how few Britons were allowed to vote in elections for parliament.Colonists would have preferred if George III could rule them directly without parliament.

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Q8.What became the official name of the 13 Colonies after they declared independence?

The Three Branches of GovernmentThe United KingdomThe United States of AmericaCongress

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Q9.Which of the following were the three Estates in eighteenth century France?

Bourgeoisie, sans culottes and peasantsArchbishops, bishops and priestsClergy, aristocracy and the Third EstateEmperors, kings and dukes

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Q10.What was the name of France's monarch in 1789?

George IIICatherine the GreatLouis XVIGeorge Washington

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Q11.Who were the aristocracy?

Poor urban workers also known as the sans culottes.The new wealthy middle class also known as the bourgeoisie.People who inherited their wealth and power (also known as the nobility).People who worked for the Church (also known as the clergy).

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Q12.Which of the following became a slogan of the French revolutionaries?

"Liberty, equality, fraternity""No taxation without representation""Peace, land and bread""Long live the king"

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Q13.Which machine was used to carry out official executions during the Reign of Terror?

Mob violenceThe Printing PressThe guillotineThe separation of powers

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Q14.What name is given to the period of the French Revolution when thousands of people were executed for being 'enemies of the Revolution.'

The constitutional monarchyReign of TerrorThe Ancien RegimeThe Republic of Virtue

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Q15.Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?

A leader of the Haitian RevolutionA member of the French Revolutionary ParliamentA white plantation owner who fought against the slave rebellionsA French general sent to crush the Haitian Revolution

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Q16.What was the name of the talented soldier who went on to become the ruler of France and France's Empire?

Toussaint L'OuvertureNapoleon BonaparteOlympe de GougesMaximilian Robespierre

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Q17.What happened to the number of people living in cities as Britain industrialised?

The number of people living in cities decreasedThe number of people living in cities increasedThe number of people living in cities stayed the sameHistorians do not know how industrialisation affected the number of people living in cities

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Q18.Which of the following social groups became a larger proportion of the population as Britain industrialised?

The aristocracy/upper classThe clergyThe working classThe peasantry

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Q19.In which city did the Peterloo Massacre take place?

LondonLiverpoolManchesterYork

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Q20.Which social group was given the right to vote after the Great Reform Act of 1832?

Aristocratic womenMiddle class menWorking class menFemale peasants

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