Question

Can someone please help me with 2 history questions? I'm stumped and no one's helping in the history section /: Will fan and give medal.

Answer 1

1. Suppose a historian wanted to argue that the Enlightenment had a more positive influence on the American Revolution than on the French Revolution. Which statement below would be the strongest evidence for the historian's view?

a) The French Revolution overthrew a monarchy and a social system, while the American Revolution only freed a group of colonies.

b) The American Revolution produced a Declaration of Independence, while the French Revolution produced a Declaration of the Rights of Man.

c) In the French Revolution, the will of the people turned away from justice and toward mob violence, fanaticism, and dictatorship.

2. How did British philosopher Thomas Hobbes' belief that people are selfish by nature help shape the Enlightenment?

a) Hobbes's idea led many Enlightenment figures to favor political revolution.

b) Enlightenment thinkers sought to create governments that would limit human self-centeredness.

c) Hobbes's idea led many Enlightenment philosophers to abandon religious belief.

d) Because of Hobbes, Enlightenment thinkers generally assumed that the human race is flawed.

Answer 2

Question - Suppose a historian wanted to argue that the Enlightenment had a more positive influence on the American Revolution than on the French Revolution. Which statement below would be the strongest evidence for the historian's view?

Answer - In the French Revolution, the will of the people turned away from justice and toward mob violence, fanaticism, and dictatorship.