10th Grade Attempts at Liberty

Question 1

Which French document written in 1789 lists the rights of all people?

Accepted Answer

Declar. of Rights

Question 2

Which document was adopted by colonies in 1776?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Ind

Question 3

What happened first of the following?

Accepted Answer

Lexington/Concord

Question 4

What was the oath taken by the National Assembly?

Accepted Answer

Tennis Court Oath

Question 5

The Puritans and Pilgrims believed they were on a...

Accepted Answer

divine mission

Question 6

Which best describes the Committee of Public Safety?

Accepted Answer

ran war, ran govt

Question 7

Colonists objected to royal taxes because...

Accepted Answer

no representation

Question 8

Who was king during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI

Question 9

By late 1789, France had still not solved the problem of what?

Accepted Answer

bankruptcy

Question 10

Popular sovereignty is government by whom?

Accepted Answer

the Governed

Question 11

Giving specific powers to govt and others to the states is called...

Accepted Answer

federalism

Question 12

The Old Regime in France refers to what?

Accepted Answer

political/social order

Question 13

The Reign of Terror got rid of who?

Accepted Answer

anti-revolutionists

Question 14

What was adopted in 1787 by various states?

Accepted Answer

Constitution

Question 15

The First and Second Estates in France were exempt from what?

Accepted Answer

paying taxes

Question 16

What is the word for a sudden seizure of power?

Accepted Answer

coup d'etat

Question 17

Who was not part of the 3rd Estate in France?

Accepted Answer

priests

Question 18

What was the instrument of execution during the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

guillotine

Question 19

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Question 20

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

Ten

Question 21

What was NOT true about Puritans and their beliefs?

Accepted Answer

still exist today

Question 22

In spite of differences, the colonies developed govts that were...

Accepted Answer

very similar

Question 23

What signaled the end of the Old Regime in France?

Accepted Answer

storming Bastille

Question 24

What was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

angry 1st Estate

Question 25

What does guerillas mean?

Accepted Answer

little wars

Question 26

The colonies resented the Parliamentary laws because they...

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 27

Louis XVI was what type of king?

Accepted Answer

unstable

Question 28

Colonial charters stated that taxes rested in hands of whom?

Accepted Answer

colonial assemblies

Question 29

Who was king of England during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

George III

Question 30

After when did the British place restrictions on the colonies?

Accepted Answer

wars in Europe

Question 31

The Tennis Court Oath said they wouldn't leave until they had what?

Accepted Answer

a constitution

Question 32

Colonial local govts had common respect for what?

Accepted Answer

English law, local self govt

Question 33

Why did England begin to tax and regulate the colonies?

Accepted Answer

pay for wars

Question 34

Who directed the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

Com-Public Safety

Question 35

Parliament passed laws restricting what in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

trade

10th Grade Attempts at Liberty

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10th Grade Attempts at Liberty

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