Unit 5: Revolutions (1750-1900)

Which Enlightenment idea most directly influenced revolutionary demands for representative government?

1. AMercantilism
2. BSocial contract theory
3. CDivine right of kings
4. DCultural relativism

The Seven Years' War contributed to revolution by:

1. ACreating a global peace agreement
2. BEliminating mercantilist policies
3. CEnding all colonial rivalries
4. DIncreasing European debt and colonial taxation

The Stamp Act is best described as:

1. AA British tax on printed materials
2. BA Latin American independence treaty
3. CA Haitian emancipation decree
4. DA French law ending feudalism

Thomas Paine's Common Sense argued for:

1. AContinuation of mercantilism
2. BRestoration of the French monarchy
3. CExpansion of the Ottoman Empire
4. DColonial independence from Britain

The Estates-General was significant because it:

1. ACreated the Congress of Vienna
2. BEstablished Haitian independence
3. CTriggered the French Revolution
4. DEnded the American Revolution