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In the eighteenth century,what meant human rights and freedoms and the sovereignty
of the people? . |
liberty
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Who demanded that citizens' rights had no limits except those that assure
rights to others? |
Liberals
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Classical liberalism is made up of what kind of traditional liberalism?
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Classical Greek and the JudeoChristian traditions liberalism
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Classical liberalism was best expressed by who?
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Locke and Montesquieu
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Why did the British wanted the
Americans to pay their share of imperial expenses? |
Americans paid very low taxes.
Parliament passed the Stamp Act (1765) to raise revenue. Vigorous protest from the colonies forced its repeal (1766). |
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The British refused to compromise, thus losing the support of many colonists.
The radical ideas of Thomas P aine, expressed in the bestselling Common Sense greatly influenced public opinion in favor of independence. The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and passed by the Second Continental Congress (1776), further increased the desire of the colonists for independence. Although many Americans remained loyal to Britain, the independence movement had wide based support from all sections of society. European aid, especially from the French government and from French volunteers, contributed greatly to the American victory in 1783 are factors that encouraged what? |
The British Independence Movement
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It reinforced
the Enlightenment idea that a better world was possible. Europeans watched the new country with fascination were impacts on Europe from what? |
The American Revolution
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The French Revolution was influenced by what?
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The American Revolution
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The French banking system could not cope with the fiscal problems, leaving the
monarchy with no choice but to what? |
Increase taxes
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The clergy, had many privileges and much wealth, and it levied an
oppressive tax (the tithe) on landowners describes which estate? |
The 1st Estate
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