French philosophers like Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu inspired the people with revolutionary ideas of liberty and equality. Montesquieu rejected the theory of the Divine Right of Kings and urged for separation of powers. Rousseau, in his book 'Social Contract', announced that sovereign power lay in popular will.
A) Islam encourages jihad and they were men who embraced peace.
B) Islam allows polygamy and they were concerned that this would cause men to spend less time in business pursuits and more time with their numerous wives.
C) Islam mandates strict monotheism and they were concerned that Mecca would lose its appeal to travelers.
<span>D) Islam forbids the selling of graven images and this was a major business in Mecca.</span>
French Revolution is about overthrowing the French regime because of tyranny. The American Revolution was about gaining independence from Great Britain.
Explanation:
More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. ... Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.
