Test #2 Study Guide Part 1-American and French Revolution 11/1/2020

Question 1

What country might be inspired by the American Revolution to overthrow their monarchy?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 2

What is the term for a presidents group of advisors?

Accepted Answer

Cabinet

Question 3

What was the first shot of the American Revolution known as and who fired it?

Accepted Answer

The shot heard round the world/No one knows

Question 4

What river did Washington and his men famously cross to attack the Hessian mercenaries?

Accepted Answer

Delaware

Question 5

How many Estates were there in French Society?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 6

Why did the French people "allow" an emperor to assume absolute power during the revolution?

Accepted Answer

Both of the above, They yearned for a strong leader, Scare/sick of the paranoia surrounding the Reign of Terror

Question 7

What was the most radical faction (part) of the revolutionaries?

Accepted Answer

The Jacobins

Question 8

What was King Louis 16th found guilty of?

Accepted Answer

Treason

Question 9

Select all correct answers for causes of the French Revolution

Accepted Answer

Economic inequality, Enlightenment ideas, Social inequality, High debt and high taxes

Question 10

What "church" temporarily replaced the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The Cult of Reason

Question 11

How happy are people that save 15% by switching to Geico?

Accepted Answer

As happy as Paul Revere with a cell phone

Question 12

What meetings purpose was to restore Europe following French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Congress of Vienna

Question 13

What was the cause of the Women's March on Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Hunger/Bread Shortage

Question 14

The American Revolution was partially inspired by what event?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment

Question 15

This was a set of laws set up by Napoleon that eliminated many injustices.

Accepted Answer

Napoleonic Code

Question 16

What was the capital of the 13 Colonies during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 17

This group was established by the 3rd Estate after being ignored and outvoted in the Estates General.

Accepted Answer

National Assembly

Question 18

Who was the radical bathtub guy?

Accepted Answer

Jean-Paul Marat

Question 19

Why were the privileged classes in the surrounding countries so scared of the revolution (4:45)?

Accepted Answer

The feared revolutionary ideas would spread to their countries

Question 20

Select all correct answers for causes of the French Revolution

Accepted Answer

Inspired by the American Revolution, Weak leadership

Question 21

What device allowed for equality in execution?

Accepted Answer

The Guillotine

Question 22

What was the fate of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

Accepted Answer

The were beheaded

Question 23

What disease spread throughout the camp at Valley Forge? How was it stopped?

Accepted Answer

Small Pox/Inoculation

Question 24

What committee was created to provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic?

Accepted Answer

The Committee of Public Safelty

Question 25

This oath said that the National Assembly would meet until a new constitution was written

Accepted Answer

The Tennis Court Oath

Question 26

What contributed to the tension the colonists felt toward the British crown?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Massacre, Taxation without representation, The proclamation of 1763, All of the above

Question 27

Who betrayed the Americans?

Accepted Answer

Benedict Arnold

Question 28

American slaves who fought in the war usually earned their freedom.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

This was a five-member committee that governed France until being replaced by Napoleon.

Accepted Answer

The Directory

Question 30

Who were Hessian mercenaries?

Accepted Answer

German soldiers paid to fight for the British

Question 31

This oath said that the National Assembly would meet until a new constitution was written

Accepted Answer

The Tennis Court Oath

Question 32

In France the social classes are known as what?

Accepted Answer

Estates

Question 33

What weapon were American soldiers introduced too and trained on at Valley Forge?

Accepted Answer

Bayonet

Question 34

Who was the French Revolution's most successful military leader?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 35

Ironically the French Revolution replaced a(n)________ with a(n)_______.

Accepted Answer

Absolute monarchy/Absolute dictator

Question 36

This device was considered a humane way to execute people by beheading

Accepted Answer

The guillotine

Question 37

What is a coup?

Accepted Answer

A sudden military takeover of the government

Question 38

Phase of French Revolution featured paranoia and execution for those not revolutionary enough

Accepted Answer

Reign of terror

Question 39

What Treaty ended the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 40

Where was the final major battle of the war fought?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 41

Event signifies the beginning of the French Revolution and could be considered a trigger event

Accepted Answer

The storming of the Bastille

Question 42

How many people were ultimately guillotined for crimes against liberty?

Accepted Answer

40,000

Question 43

Marie Antoinette was from what country?

Accepted Answer

Austria

Question 44

Who was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

Maximillian Robespierre

Question 45

What "church" temporarily replaced the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The Cult of Reason

Question 46

What series of wars followed the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Napoleonic Wars

Question 47

Taxation without representation means the colonists...

Accepted Answer

Had no voice in government yet paid significant taxes

Question 48

Napoleon took power through a____________.

Accepted Answer

Coup

Question 49

This group was made up of representative from all three Estates.

Accepted Answer

Estates General

Question 50

What is another name for the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

The Bloody Massacre

Question 51

What was the aim of the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

To eliminate those against the revolution

Question 52

What were the first and last battles of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Bunker Hill and Yorktown

Question 53

What is the term for a revolution opposing a former one or seeking to reverse its results?

Accepted Answer

Counter-Revolution

Question 54

Who won the American revolution? (really)?

Accepted Answer

Us, American colonists

Question 55

What is conscription?

Accepted Answer

Mandatory military service

Question 56

Who made up the first second and third Estates respectively (in order)?

Accepted Answer

Clergy Nobles and everybody else

Question 57

This was a set of laws set up by Napoleon that eliminated many injustices.

Accepted Answer

Napoleonic Code

Question 58

What were the two main factions of the revolutionaries?

Accepted Answer

Radicals and moderates

Question 59

Benjamin Franklin went to Spain to ask them to join the American war effort.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 60

Which estate paid almost all the taxes but was least able to do so?

Accepted Answer

Third

Question 61

What Treaty settle the boundaries of the United States following the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 62

What was the first shot of the American Revolution known as and who fired it?

Accepted Answer

The shot heard round the world/No one knows

Question 63

Washington and his men learned European fighting tactics during a long winter at Valley Forge.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

What country aided the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

France

Test #2 Study Guide Part 1-American and French Revolution 11/1/2020

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Test #2 Study Guide Part 1-American and French Revolution 11/1/2020

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