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Unit 1: Ideas in the modern world
Quick questions on Revolutions and political change: QCE Modern History Unit 1 Year 11
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What is causes?Show answer
Tax disputes, lack of representation ("no taxation without representation"), Enlightenment ideas of natural rights.
What is course?Show answer
Declaration of Independence (1776). Eight-year war against Britain. Treaty of Paris (1783) recognised American independence.
What is ideas?Show answer
- Natural rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness). - Government by consent of the governed. - Separation of powers.
What is limits?Show answer
Slavery continued until Civil War (1865). Women excluded from voting until 1920.
What is influence?Show answer
Model for many subsequent constitutional republics. Inspired French Revolution and Latin American independence movements.
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