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American and French Revolution
American and French Revolution
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1
Governments are established to protect citizens' rights was only in the Declaration of Independence
False
True
2
By 1789, what caused French peasants to become angry to the point of rebellion?
Britain's invasion of France and Louis' inability to stop it
High taxes and widespread hunger
King Louis XVI's marriage to Marie Antoinette
France's support of US over Britain in the Revolutionary War
3
What principle of the Declaration of Independence that had the most influence on the French Revolution
equality among social classes
right to own property
right to happiness
guarantee of certain basic human rights
4
Revolutions in North America and France influenced revolutions in
China
they didn't
Africa
Latin America
5
France suffered more severe economic problems than the American colonists at the start of their revolution
True
False
6
Once Napoleon became Emperor of France, what was his next goal?
To industrialize France and enact a policy of isolationism.
To control the United States, his former ally.
To control the rest of Europe.
To control the New World, including Central & South America.
7
Approximately __ people were executed via guillotine during the Terror in France, including ___
40,000; Marie Antoinette
5,000; Jean Jaques Rousseau
10,000; Ann Boleyn
20,000; Napoleon Bonaparte
8
This group desired social and political changes that led to the French Revolution
The First Estate
The Third Estate
The Fifth Estate
The Second Estate
9
In 1799, who declared the French Revolution to be officially over, 10 years after it had begun?
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Louis-Napoleon
10
The _____ were radical, violent revolutionaries who called for a republic in France.
Patriots
Enlightened Despots
Constitutionalists
Jacobins
11
Napoleon's conquest of Europe spread of revolutionary ideas
False
True
12
Who helped Napoléon Bonaparte consolidate power following the French Revolution?
lower classes gaining more political control
Mercenaries
Middle class
Aristocracy
13
This geographic factor in Russia played a role in Napoleon's defeat
weak Navy
poorly trained soldiers
incompetent Generals
Harsh climate
14
What was the Napoleonic Code of law?
Comprehensive system of laws that re-established legal order
A secret message that Napoleon sent to the pope to decipher.
The code of chivalry that Napoleon brought back to France.
Economic system that restored financial prosperity to France
15
Haiti broke free from __.
Russia
Portugal
France
England
16
Principles of the Enlightenment could be used to create a new kind of government
False
True
17
What was one effect of the French Revolution?
ethnic equality
Militarism was discouraged
Slavery was ended
Nationalistic feelings were stimulated
18
The people elect leaders to act on their behalf in the American Revolution represents
principle of representative governors
principle of repressive government
particles of representative government
principle of representative government
19
The American and French revolutions are turning points in history because
inspiration for peoples in other places seeking challenges
inspiration for peoples in other places seeking Absolutism
caution for peoples in other places seeking democracy
inspiration for peoples in other places seeking democracy
20
A major contributing factor to the start of an independence movement in the American colonies was
Cost of tea
Tea Party
lack of representation of the colonists in the British parliament
IDK
21
Unfair system of taxation, wastefulness of the monarchy, special privileges for the nobility are causes of
French Revolution
Polish Revolution
American Revolution
Spanish Revolution
22
Equal rights for all meant equal rights for men and women according to natural law in France
True
False
23
What caused France to go deeply into debt in the 1780's?
France's aid to the colonists during the American Revolution
France's aid to the colonists during the French & Indian War
King Louis' unwillingness to tax peasants.
France's explorations in the New World, encouraged by Louis.
24
What was Maximilien Robespierre's goal during his rule of France (1793--1794)?
To transform France into a stable, constitutional monarchy
To build a "republic of peace" and remove the death penalty
To find "enemies of the revolution" and have them executed
To re-build France on the foundation of Christianity
25
In 1806, Napoleon conquered ______, and it dissolved after having existed for over 1,000 years.
Italy
the Holy Roman Empire
Great Britain
the Ottoman Empire
26
French and the American Revolutions shared all of the following causes
except—
weakening of the Catholic Church
influence of Enlightenment thought
thoughtless and indebted monarchs
growing middle class
27
What was Napoleon's FIRST goal in restoring order and prosperity to France?
To invade Spain in re-claim what was rightfully French land.
To create a strong police department within Paris.
To stabilize France's economy, which was in a depression
To re-appoint Jacobins to power, because they were efficient
