True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or
false.
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A major change in thinking during the Enlightenment was that the universe
followed natural laws that could be learned.
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Very few of the colonists of North America could read and write.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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When was the Declaration of Independence initiated?
a. | September 4, 1775 | b. | July 4, 1776 | c. | January
1,1777 | d. | February 22, 1764 |
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The Scientific Revolution that swept through Europe in the 17th and 18th
centuries replaced _______ with empirical thought?
a. | superstition | b. | Roman Catholic faith | c. | divine right of
kings | d. | mandate of heaven |
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Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that when a government stopped caring for
the welfare of those it governed, it was up to the people to overthrow it?
a. | Thomas Hobbs | b. | Voltaire | c. | Jean Jacques
Rousseau | d. | John Locke |
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