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The ideas of the Enlightenment challenged the long-term assumptions about sovereignty and instead proposed that...
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Governments are bound to the will of the people
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Which of the following could be considered an expression of enlightened dieas about government?- The Stamp Act of 1708- The Quartering Act- The Declaration of Independence- The Committee of Public Safety- The Congress of Vienna
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The Declaration of Independence
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The American colonists won their bid for independence primarily because...
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The French and the Dutch decided to support them against the British
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Embedded in the American Constitution is the principle of...
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Popular sovereignty
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Which of the following was not one of the causes of the French Revolution of 1789?- a staggering national debt- accusation of treason against Louis XVI- resentment at the privileges of the aristocracy- the extravagence of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles- the opportunity presented by the summoning of the Estate's General
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- accusation of treason against Louis XVI
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Which of the following was not one of the provisions of the new French constitution of 1791?- France became a constitutional monarchy- Church property was confiscated and clergy lost their privileged status- Peasants were freed from the dues and services owed to their landlords- All adult males were given the right to vote in national elections- An elective, legislative body, the Convention, was established
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- All adult males were given the right to vote in national elections
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Under the rule of the Convention, French women...
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Gained important property rights and the right to a divorce
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Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power as...
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A military hero
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In general, Napoleon championed...
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Equality under the law, but not political freedom
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Which of the following is not a correct explanation of why the Haitian Revolution succeeded?- Five hundred gens de couleur were veterans of the American Revolution- The large maroon population supported the revolution- Toussaint Louverture was an effective strategist- The revolutionaries had the support of British and Spanish forces- The French army was struck down with yellow fever
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The revolutionaries had the support of British and Spanish forces
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In leading the revolutions of South America, Simon Bolivar advocated...
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Popular sovereignty
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Revolutions in Latin America were frequently a power struggle between what two groups?
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- peninsularies and crioles
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Which Latin American state gained independence as a monarchy?
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Brazil
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A political conservative in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate... (4)
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- the restoration of the French monarchy- limiting suffrage to men of property- censorship as a reasonable means of preventing social unrest- government support of the established church
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A political liberal in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate...
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Written constitutions and representative government
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