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Ch 28 Questions- Sammy Eline with complete solutions.In what specific ways did the ideals of the Enlightenment challenge long-held assumptions about government and social order?
The enlightenment opened many minds up to the idea that government should be separate from the church and that both shou...
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Ch 28 Questions- Sammy Eline
In what specific ways did the ideals of the Enlightenment challenge long-held
assumptions about government and social order? - Answer The enlightenment opened
many minds up to the idea that government should be separate from the church and
that both should be limited in the lives of citizens.
Challenged traditional order
church
absolute monarchy
role of government
popular sovereignty
john locke: natural rights
Rousseau( the social contract) Voltaire(religious tolerance), Montesquieu(the spirit of
laws)
What specific issues and concerns led the British colonies of North America to revolt
against their sovereign? - Answer Overt taxation, considered unfair and authority
disputes caused the North American colonist to revolt against the British. The result was
the creation of the United States of America. Other colonies rebelled for similar reasons
and created countries such as Mexico for instance.
What were the principal causes of the French revolution of 1789? Were these concerns
addressed by the revolution? - Answer In 1789 , in the hope of obtaining funds ,Louis
XVI summoned the Estates General (Parliament) for the first time since 1614 . The
Third Estate (Middle Classes) who belonged to neither of the two privileged orders of
clergy and nobles seized their chance to air their grievances . Discontent flared into
open rebellion , Starving Parisians stormed the Bastille .
France , due to bad weather had, had a disastrous grain harvest , the price of flour and
bread rose beyond the means of the lower classes .
The Third Estate voted itself into a National Assembly , which abolished the worst
aspects of feudalism and curtailed the power of the church . However , extreme
factions, such as the Jacobin's , led by Robespierre took over .
Conventional wisdom holds that Napoleon ended the revolution when he proclaimed
himself emperor in 1802. In what ways did he continue the ideals of the revolution? In
what ways did he reverse the revolution? - Answer In some ways, Napoleon continued
the ideals of the revolution because he overthrew the Directory after the Directory had
overthrown the king (King Louis XVI). He also wrote a new constitution, which replaced
that which ha been developed by the Directory a few years earlier. However, in some
respects he reversed the revolution because he restored relative stability after the very
destructive and bloody Terror in 1793 and 1794.
What events led to the slave revolt of Saint-Domingue (Haiti)? Why was this rebellion
successful when so many other slave revolts failed? - Answer The French Revolution
occupied France which opened up an opportunity for the Haitian revolt. This was one
reason for its success. Another factor that made it successful was that the majority of
the Haitian population was slaves (about 90%). Also, the troops that were sent to put
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