Multiple choice

Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?

  1. Locke

  2. Rousseau

  3. Hegel

  4. Plato
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher whose ideas about the social contract and popular sovereignty greatly influenced the French Revolution. His work The Social Contract argued that government should be based on the will of the people. Locke influenced the American Revolution, Hegel came later, and Plato was ancient Greek.

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