Deck 30: Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

Question 1

According to the text,the real American Revolution was a liberal revolution with

A) the winning of the war that gave the colonies independence from Britain.
B) the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
C) the establishment of a free, representative government without a monarch.
D) the treaty signed in Paris.
E) the ratification of the Constitution.

Answer 1

the establishment of a free, representative government without a monarch.

Question 2

What would best describe the liberal concept of government?

A) Representative
B) Enlightened despotism
C) Parliamentary
D) Democratic
E) Egalitarian

Answer 2

Representative

Question 3

Evaluate how and in why the British government's policy undermined the loyalty of the American colonies and led to the Revolution.

Answer 3

Answers would include a discussion of the context of the Enlightenment and liberalism,British taxation,and British restrictions on freedoms.

Question 4

A "level playing field," in liberal terms refers to

A) universal political participation.
B) equal economic status.
C) equal opportunity of proving oneself.
D) total individual freedom.
E) equal societal status.

Question 5

Nineteenth century liberalism emerged as a result of

A) the Protestant Reformation.
B) the Inquisition.
C) the Glorious Revolution.
D) the Enlightenment.
E) the Counter-Reformation.

Question 6

Explain liberalism and the role of key Enlightenment thinkers.

Question 7

For 18?? century liberals,the governmental role model was

A) France.
B) Switzerland.
C) Rome.
D) England.
E) Egypt.

Question 8

According to the text,the American Revolution was led by

A) farmers.
B) the middle class.
C) radical revolutionaries.
D) the wealthy.
E) recent arrivals.

Question 9

Of all forms of government,18?? century liberals would have been most apt to support

A) aristocracy.
B) absolute monarchy.
C) parliamentary democracy.
D) absolute democracy.
E) constitutional monarchy.

Question 10

In the liberal perspective,the strongest branch of government should be the

A) executive.
B) judiciary.
C) legislature.
D) representative.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 11

The new government established in America surprised many Europeans because it

A) did not abolish slavery.
B) allowed most free white men to vote.
C) established so many laws concerning social issues.
D) was such a conservative body.
E) demonstrated that a large, representative government could function without a monarch.

Question 12

Which was not truly an 18?? century liberal ideal?

A) Equality before the law.
B) Representative government for everyone.
C) Freedom of the press.
D) Freedom of assembly.
E) Liberty of conscience.

Question 13

The American colonies are best described as which of the following at the start of the American Revolution?

A) United
B) Divided
C) Apathetic
D) Conservative
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 14

Was the American Revolution a true revolution?

Question 15

Nineteenth century liberals believed that the cure for many of society's problems would be

A) financial success.
B) good jobs.
C) urban living.
D) education.
E) rationalism.

Question 16

Describe the general course of the American Revolution.What factors contributed to an American victory over such a strong empire as Britain?

Question 17

What impact did the success of the American Revolution have upon other countries in Europe?

Question 18

Which of these popular documents revealed how inflamed the colonists had become?

A) Common Sense
B) Poor Richard's Almanac
C) The Navigation Acts
D) The Articles of Confederation
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 19

Discuss the social issues surrounding the American Revolution.

Question 20

Which of these was true of the American colonies in 1775?

A) Overall, their taxes were above average.
B) Per capita income was higher than in any European country.
C) The Hanovers kept a tight rein on the American colonists, but liberal ideas made that harder to do.
D) The colonists had offered to put together their own standing army so that Britain would not have to bear that cost, but they had been rebuked.
E) About one million free colonists lived in America by that time.

Question 21

The American Revolution was won with the help of the French,but also with

A) almost unanimous support in the colonies.
B) financial assistance from Spain.
C) lack of enthusiasm in the British Parliament.
D) the draft of the Articles of Confederation spurring the Patriots on.
E) some help from Spain.

Question 22

The Navigation Acts

A) demanded the use of British ships for colonial trade.
B) was always strictly enforced.
C) were applied loosely.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 23

One reason the American Revolution is significant is because of which of the following?

A) It drained the English of their resources.
B) It brought about peace in Europe for the first time in a century.
C) The French proved inept in battle.
D) It was the first full revolt by a European colony.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 24

The British government responded to the Boston Tea Party by

A) opening negotiations.
B) closing Boston Harbor.
C) attacking Americans at Lexington.
D) passing the Navigation Acts.
E) arresting all those involved.

Question 25

At the outset of the revolt against England,colonists wanted which of the following?

A) Complete freedom.
B) A true democracy.
C) A theocracy.
D) Representation in Parliament.

Question 26

Most white male citizens in the US

A) could vote.
B) could hold office.
C) had no economic restrictions based on birth.
D) were equal before the law.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 27

In Europe,American liberal innovations had the most impact in ____________________.

Question 28

The Americans were influenced most by which Enlightenment thinker?

A) Voltaire
B) John Locke
C) Rousseau
D) Diedrot.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 29

The major protest in the colonies in 1765 was generated by the

A) Stamp Act.
B) Navigation Acts.
C) Declaratory Acts.
D) Townshend Acts.
E) Quartering Act.

Question 30

Liberal thinking on government was derived largely from the writings of the English political scientist,____________________,and the Frenchman,____________________.

Question 31

Regarding the issue of slavery,Americans

A) left the institution untouched.
B) openly condemned it, but only abolished it in the south.
C) encouraged individual Americans to free their own slaves.
D) passed legislation to end slavery in a 20 year time frame.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 32

The support that the British army had from their Parliament for the American war can best be described as

A) enthusiastic.
B) whole-hearted.
C) lacking fervor.
D) fanatical.
E) purely economic.

Question 33

The text argues that the impact of the American Revolution on the social condition of most of the citizens was

A) monumental
B) truly revolutionary
C) minimal
D) highly significant
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 34

Because America contained no large numbers of the very poor,Americans

A) felt more comfortable with the concept of democracy than did Europeans.
B) reserved their special "consideration due to impoverished backgrounds" to the newest immigrants.
C) were more comfortable with Irish radical immigrants than they would have otherwise.
D) did not understand the French Revolution at all.
E) wanted to forget about the social problems then facing countries across Europe.

Question 35

The colony at the center of the unrest in the American colonies was

A) Plymouth.
B) Georgia.
C) Massachusetts Bay.
D) the Carolinas.
E) Virginia.

Question 36

The British government needed additional revenue after 1763 because of which of the following?

A) European warfare.
B) Multiple natural disasters.
C) English colonial experiments in Africa.
D) English colonial experiments in Asia.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 37

Liberals of the 18?? century generally believed that ____________________ was the best cure for society's problems.

Question 38

The primary medium for political propaganda in the colonies were

A) petitions.
B) cartoons.
C) music.
D) paintings.
E) poetry.

Question 39

The American Revolution had the most direct impact on the citizens of

A) England.
B) Scotland.
C) Germany.
D) Spain.
E) France.

Question 40

The basic liberal philosophy is a product of the ____________________ period.

Question 41

____________________,by Thomas Paine was considered radical but immensely popular.

Question 42

The ____________________ came from France to fight in the American Revolution.

Question 43

Under the ____________________,France agreed to help the Americans with both monetary aid and manpower.

Question 44

The men who framed America's current Constitution believed in ____________________,but not equality before the law.

Question 45

In Europe,the War of the Austrian Succession was known as ____________________.

Question 46

The ____________________ demanded use of British ships by the colonies for commerce.