9 marksAtlantic Revolutions and Independence Movements to 1800

CAPE History Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 1(d)

With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain the significance of the European Enlightenment to the political revolutions in the Atlantic World in the late eighteenth century.

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1(a)With reference to Document I, explain why there could be "no liberty" if "legislative and executive powers are united in the same person".[6 marks]
1(b)Outline THREE principles of the concept of equality as referred to in Document II.[6 marks]
1(c)With reference to Document III, suggest THREE reasons for the writer's view of monarchical government as "monstrous".[9 marks]

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