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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Napoleon & Revolutions

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The American Revolution contributed to the French Revolution in which of the following ways?
  1. American thinkers contributed greatly to Enlightenment thought, encouraging the French to revolt.
  2. The Americans provided military support to the revolutionary factions of the French Revolution.
  3. The Americans sent Thomas Paine to incite the French people into Revolution.
  4. The unequivocal success of the American Revolution further inspired the French to overthrow the monarchy.
  5. The financial support that the French gave the Americans exacerbated France's financial problems.
Explanation
Answer: E - The financial support that the French provided the Americans strained France's precarious finances. This further fueled the class tensions that already divided French society. Thomas Paine was British and was an outspoken advocate of both revolutions. While the Americans manifested the ideas of the Enlightenment in their revolution, the French Revolution was primarily based on European Enlightenment thought.
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