The author of a Declaration of Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen was
Olympe de Gouges
In response to the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
Revolutionary leaders executed her in 1793
The revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries helped to spread Enlightenment ideals and
Encouraged the consolidation of national states as the principal form of political organization
Revolutionaries of the late 18th and early 19th century
Sought to fashion a fair and equitable society by instituting governments that were responsive to the needs and interests of the peoples they governed
The author of the Second Treatise of Civil Government was
The English Philosopher John Locke
Which of the following was not one of John Locke's main ideas?
What were: Government arose when people decided to work together from civil society, and appoint rulers to protect and promote their common interests. Individuals granted political rights to their rulers but retain personal rights to life, liberty, and property. Any ruler who violated these rights was subject to deposition. Rulers derived their authority from the consent of those whom they governed.
Which of the following was not one of the basic ideals of the Enlightenment thinkers?
were: individual freedom, political and legal equality, and popular sovereignty.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his Social Contract argued that in every country the voice of the government
came from the people. In an ideal society all individuals would participate directly in the formulation of policy and the creation of laws.
After the end of the Seven years War
North American colonists became increasingly disenchanted with British imperial rule due to staggering new taxes.
The main slogan for the colonies in the years leading up to the American Revolution was
"No taxation without Representation"
The Declaration of Independence's contractual view of political structure in which the government drew its authority from "the consent of the governed" was influenced by
Enlightenment political thought
Which of the following was not one of the principles built into the government of the newly formed American state?
NOT: All humans created equal. Were: all MEN created equal, they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights such as Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Governments derive from the consent of the governed. It is the right of the people to alter or abolish any government who infringes upon individuals rights
The leaders of the French Revolution
Repudiated existing society and sought to replace it with new political, social, and cultural structures.
The ancient régime was
"the old order"
On 17 June 1789, members of the third estate seceded from the Estates General and declared themselves to be the
National Assembly.
In August 1789, the National Assembly expressed the guiding principles of the French Revolution by issuing the
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The guiding principles of the French Revolution were summed up in the phrase
"Liberty, equality, and fraternity"
The leaders of the Convention hoped to hold off invading counterrevolutionary forces by
Rallying the French population and rooting out enemies at home.
The most radical period of the French Revolution was reached during the leadership of
Maximillen Robespierre of the Jacobin party.
Maximillen Robespierre was known as the
"Incorruptible"
During the rule of the directory,
As a result of the Rule of the Directory, the French revolution became more conservative. The Jacobins unleashed a campaign of terror. Closed churches and forced priests to take wives. Reorganized the calendar into ten day units. Allowed women to divorce husbands and inherit property. Executed about 40,000 people and imprisoned three hundred thousand
The Concordat was
A pact that provided that the French state would retain church lands seized during the revolution. The state agreed to pay clerics' salaries, recognize Roman Catholic Christianity as the preferred faith of France, and extend freedom of religion to Protestant Christian and Jews.
Napoleon's Civil Code
urged for equality of all men. helped stabilize French society. Affirmed the political and legal equality of all adult men and established a merit based society in which individuals qualified for education and employment because of talent rather than birth or social standing. Also protected private property. Made women subservient to male heads of households.
The turning point in Napoleon's career was his disastrous 1812 invasion of
Russia
Napoleon's final defeat occurred at
Waterloo in Belgium
The only successful slave revolt in history took place in
Hispanola, a Caribbean island
The leader who was responsible for the success of the Saint-Domingue uprising was
Francois-Dominique Toussant or Toussant Louverture
The creoles of Latin America were influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment
Political thought
Colonial rule in Mexico ended in 1821 when the capital was seized by
The creole General Augustin de Iturbide
The goal of Simon Bolivar was to
Weld the former Spanish colonies in South America into a confederation of states like the USA
Which of the following revolutionary leaders is not correctly linked with his country
Toussant Louverture- Saint Domingue
Augustin de Iturbide- Mexico
Simon Bolivar- Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Pedro- Brazil
Jose de San Martin in Argentina
Bernardo O'Higgins Chile
The leader who helped lead Brazil to independence was
Pedro I
What revolutionary leader, frustrated over his inability to put together a South American confederation lamented that "those who have served the revolution have plowed the sea"
Simon Bolivar
Among the leading proponents of conservatism in the eighteenth century was
The English political philosopher Edmund Burke
What 19th century English thinker promoted individual freedom, universal suffrage, taxation of high personal income, and an extension of the rights of freedom and equality to women?
John Stuart Mill
William Wilberforce
was a prominent English philanthropist elected in 1780 to a seat in Parliament. Tirelessly attacked slavery on moral and religious grounds.
While women in France and Latin America did not win the right to vote until after the Second World War, American and British women gained the franchise
In 1920 and 1928 respectively
After the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870
It guaranteed no denial of suffrage to US citizens on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women was
Mary Wollstonecraft
The organizer of the Seneca Falls Conference was
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American feminist
Theodore Herzl was the founder of
The World Zionist Organization
The leading conservative politician at the Congress of Vienna was
Prince Klemens von Metternich
The German leader Otto von Bismark believed that the great issues of his day would be determined by
Blood and Iron
