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- What document was William and Mary forced to sign when they became King and Queen of England?
- Enlightenment thinkers contributed to the development of democratic government throughtheir belief that
- Under the economic system of mercantilism, colonies were encouraged to provide raw materials for the mother country
- Which type of government is best represented by this illustration?
- The illustration to the right most closely reflects the goals of which economic system?
- The relationship between supply and demand, as well as the concepts of "laissez-faire" and the "invisible hand of the market," can be traced to the writings of
- Which movement is most closely associated with the major ideas of these philosophers?
- The term "mercantilism" is defined as an economic system is which the colonies exist for the benefit of the colonial power, as a result the colonies
- "Men being. . . by nature all free, and independent, no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent, . . ."
- The writings of Baron Charles de Montesquieu exercised great influence on the framers of the U.S. Constitution. Which idea of Montesquieu's was most influential?
- "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. . ."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke both agreed that a government should be based on the
- Thomas Jefferson believed a key principle of government is that people have certain natural rights. Which writer is most likely to have influenced Jefferson in this thinking?
- The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are both based on the idea that government power comes from the citizens it governs. This reflects the influence of
- The writings of the 18th-century Enlightenment philosophers — Charles de Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Jean Jacques Rousseau — had their greatest impact on the
- Which individuals were challenged by the Catholic Church for their belief in the theory represented in this diagram
- An absolute monarchy and a totalitarian government are similar in that both forms of government
- What impact did the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights have on the development of contemporary political systems?
- Through voyages of discovery, European nations found new trade routes in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and acquired colonies. What policy did European rulers adopt to deal with their colonies?
- this law allowing religious freedom is france was reversed by louis XIV