WH test questions Birth of modern europe/french revolution
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reymundo1066 on March 12, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Thomas Hobbes | which enlightened thinker thought all men were inherently evil and needed a powerful government to control them |
| Jean Jacques rousseau | Which enlightened thinker believed that a social contract existed between the government and the people who allowed the government to exist |
| Adam smith | the greatest economist who developed the principle ideas of capitalism was ... |
| Alliance of 1778 | the agreement in which France supplied American colonies with support for their war against Britain |
| Treaty of Paris | It officially ended the conflict between the colonies and Britain |
| Jean Paul Marat | the most influential voice amongst the people for the growing violence in the French Revolution before the Reign of Terror |
| false | Louis XVI attempted to flee Austria in hopes of starting a new life after the revolution (true or false) |
| Hapsburgs | In the 16th century, the Holy Roman empire was governed by a powerful dynasty in the __________ |
| Amergio Vespucci | who explored much of the new world, especially in South America |
| Ferdinand Magellan | He never completed his voyage but his crew was first to circumnavigate the globe.. |
| true | The Spanish weren't notorious for ill treatment of natives and did little to help (true or false) |
| false | The selling of Africans into slavery was a commercial practice began by European traders (True or false) |
| false | The council of trent adjusted traditional catholic theology and corrected the church's corruptive abuses (true or false) |
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