WH test questions Birth of modern europe/french revolution
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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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