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Enlightenment and Revolution Section Quiz

Section 3

TRUE/FALSE Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. If false

explain why.

_______ 1. The English class system continued in North America; few individuals could
advance themselves through intelligence and hard work.

False, the English class system was absent

_______ 2. The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax for an official stamp on all
newspapers, legal documents, and other papers.

True

_______ 3. The Articles of Confederation created a strong central government with broad
powers to tax.

False. The government was weak and had no power to tax

_______ 4. A pamphlet called Common Sense, by the writer Thomas Paine, helped the
Patriots gain popular support for the cause of independence.

true

_______ 5. The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights show the influence of
Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Voltaire.

false

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