What intellectual movement was the largest single influence on the American Revolution?
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the Enlightenment
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Which statement about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is not correct?
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John Locke argued that, just as it is impossible for a large planet to orbit around a small moon, so too was it impossible for the large American colonies to forever remain in the orbit of the small nation of Great Britain.
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Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people have natural rights that the government should protect?
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John Locke
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What document includes the phrase "...to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."?
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the Declaration of Independence
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What did the Declaration of Independence have in common with most state constitutions?
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It quoted the ideas of John Locke.
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What is the name of the agreement that ended the American Revolution?
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Treaty of Paris
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What event from the American Revolution period occurred last?
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The Declaration of Independence was written.
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Which is a good example of the influence of Enlightenment ideas on state constitutions?
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popular sovereignty; the people ratify the constitution and then vote for government
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Which of the following did not make the national government weak under the Articles of Confederation?
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arrangements for the admission of new states
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What event surrounding Shays's Rebellion occurred first?
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Massachusetts taxed land to pay its Revolutionary War debts.
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