Starter quiz
- Match the words to the correct definitions.
- monopoly⇔when one group has total control over an area of business or trade ✓
- paradox⇔when a statement or idea appears to contradict itself ✓
- colonialism⇔taking control of another country & taking advantage of its resources ✓
- social contract⇔agreement that rulers should govern in a way that benefits the people ✓
- Which philosopher criticised the sheer amount of Enlightenment scientific experimentation being done?
- Isaac Newton
- Adam Smith
- Jean-Jaques Rousseau ✓
- David Hume
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- Where did revolutions take place which were partly inspired by John Locke's ideas about the social contract?
- France ✓
- England
- America ✓
- Germany
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- Which word describes a movement in the 1600s and 1700s that promoted the use of reason and questioned authority?
- Enlightenment
- The Enlightenment ✓
- the Enlightenment
- The Enlightenment period
- the Enlightenment period
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- Who wrote the "Wealth of Nations" which criticised the British East India Company's monopoly on trade between Britain and India?
- David Hume
- Mary Wortley Montagu
- King Charles II
- Adam Smith ✓
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- A rise in ______ had happened during the Enlightenment which saw many philosophers come to the racist conclusion that White Europeans were naturally superior to Black Africans.
- atheism
- Atheism
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Exit quiz
- When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
- after the settlers defeated the British in the Revolutionary War
- early on in the Revolutionary War ✓
- several years after the Revolutionary War was over
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- What piece of machinery allowed Enlightenment ideas to arrive in the American colonies?
- 'printing press' ✓
- How many British colonies were there in North America at the time of the Revolutionary War?
- 13 ✓
- 12
- 11
- 10
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- Why did Britain introduce heavy taxes like the Stamp Act of 1765?
- paper documents were very, very expensive at this time
- the British king wanted more money to spend on his royal household
- needed to make up for the money that they had spent fighting ✓
- all British colonies paid the Stamp Act
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- What was the name of a protest that happened in Boston in 1773?
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Tea Party ✓
- Boston Coffee Party
- Seven Years War
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- Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
- colony⇔an area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers ✓
- constitution⇔collective name for the basic principles/laws which govern a country ✓
- settlers⇔people who have arrived to live in a new area of land ✓
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Key learning points
- Enlightenment ideas were discussed and debated among the educated classes in Europe during the 1600s and 1700s.
- The American people did not have representation in the British parliament which created their heavy taxes and laws.
- When the American settlers challenged England on these issues, they were ignored, leading to war.
- The American people declared their independence from Britain in 1776.
- America secured the new republic with the US Constitution and inspired similar unrest in France at the end of the 1780s.
Common misconception
The Declaration of Independence was signed after the settlers defeated the British in the Revolutionary War.
The Declaration of Independence was signed early on in the Revolutionary War and the US Constitution was signed after the war had concluded.
Keywords
Enlightenment - the Enlightenment was a movement in the 1600s and 1700s that promoted the use of reason and questioned authority
Social contract - a social contract is an agreement that rulers should govern in a way that benefits the people in exchange for having power over them
Colony - a colony is an area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country
Settlers - settlers are people who have arrived to live in a new area of land
Constitution - the basic principles or laws which govern a country are known collectively as a constitution