American Revolution & French Revolution Complete Test Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Declaration of Independence | A primary list of American grievances against the British... |
| Anti-Federalists | Opponents of the U.S. Constitution were called... |
| Yes | Yes or No? Prior to 1765, the American people were fairly independent of the British government. |
| consent | Americans objected the Stamp Act because the tax it proposed was imposed without ___________. |
| France | What country supported the American Revolution? |
| Opportunity | 18th Century liberals stressed that _________ should be equal. |
| Radicals | French Jacobins were revolutionary ________. |
| The middle class of the Third Estate | The French National Assembly was established by... |
| The National Assembly | What French political body was responsible for nationalizing church land, issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and establishing the metric system of weights and measures? |
| People | Abbe sieyes wrote a pamphlet arguing that France should be ruled by who? |
| Constitutional Monarchy | In the "first" stage of the revolution, the French established what kind of government? |
| English Monarchy and Aristocracy | Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" is a defense of what two social classes? |
| Peasants | The major share of the tax burden in France was carried by what social class? |
| Food | The common people of Paris in the French Revolution was initially attributed to the soaring price of what? |
| Committee of Public Safety | The group that rid France of any internal opposition to the revolutionary cause was who? |
| Robespierre | Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety? |
| John Locke | The Declaration of Independence was based on the ideas of which English philosopher? |
| Women | In her writings, Mary Wollstonecraft argues that the liberating promise of the French Revolution must be extended to who? |
| the Hundred Days | Napoleon's return from exile to rule France briefly is known as what? |
| Pillnitz | This declaration was issued by Austria and Prussia to intimidate French Revolutionaries. |
| Trafalgar | This battle prevented Napoleon's invasion of England. |
| Civic Code | Napoleon's _________ ______ of 1804 insured political but not economic equality. |
| Broadened | The National Assembly that ruled France broadened or restricted women's rights? |
| Limited Constitutional Monarchy | The Charter issued by Louis XVIII in 1814 established what kind of government? |
| Execution | The Reign of Terror ended with the arrest and ________ of Robespierre. |
| Anyone opposed to the revolution | The Reign of Terror was directed at who? |
| Tyrant | Populations of the areas of Europe Napoleon conquered came to view him as what? |
| The Battle of Waterloo | Napoleon's final defeat was met at what battle? |
| Congress of Vienna | Allies met together after Napoleon's reign to fashion a general peace statement. This meeting is known as.... |
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