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World History Volume 2, from 1400

Check Your Understanding Questions

World History Volume 2, from 1400Check Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
How did the principles of the Scientific Revolution influence the Enlightenment?
2 .
What were some of the global foundations of the Enlightenment?
3 .
What did the concept of natural rights mean to John Locke?
4 .
What was the general will, according to Rousseau, and what role did he believe it should play in government?
5 .
How did Burke and Bentham each disagree with Locke and other philosophers about the concept of natural rights?
6 .
What was the relationship between social contract theory and natural rights?
7 .
In what ways did women participate in the Enlightenment?
8 .
How was the public sphere of the Enlightenment influenced by earlier developments in the Islamic world?
9 .
What role did coffeehouses play in the exchange of Enlightenment ideas?
10 .
What role did universities play in fostering public debate?
11 .
To whom were the principles of natural rights actually extended as a result of the American Revolution, and who was omitted from the extension of such rights?
12 .
What was Saint-Domingue’s relationship with France prior to the Haitian Revolution?
13 .
To whom did the leaders of Haiti’s Revolution intend to extend natural rights?
14 .
Who achieved full rights of citizenship as a result of the French Revolution, and who did not?
15 .
How did revolutions inspire nationalism, liberalism, and conservatism?
16 .
Who attended the Congress of Vienna, and what was its purpose?
17 .
What are the main tenets of liberalism?
18 .
What are the main goals of conservatism?
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