French Revolution
This French king was executed via guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution.
Who is: Louis XVI?
True or False: Cavaliers were the supporters of the monarch.
True or False: Mary Wollstonecraft's idea of women having equal opportunities as a man were accepted during that period of time, even among her own social class.
False.
This man was a French military General who rose to fame during the French revolution and later crowned himself emperor of the French.
Who is: Napoleon?
This is how long the Haitian Revolution lasted.
What is: 13 years?
These were the people in the Third Estate during the French Revolution.
Who is: Bourgeoisie/peasants?
This 1688 event, also called the Glorious Revolution, overthrew King James II and established a constitutional monarchy in England with no major bloodshed.
What is: the English Revolution?
This thinker had the idea that power should not be held by one person, but separated into different branches.
Who is: Montesquieu?
In 1798, Napoleon led a military expedition to this country to disrupt British trade routes to India, an expedition famous for discovering the Rosetta Stone.
What is: Egypt?
This was the social and legal status of the gens couleur de libre in Saint-Domingue before the revolution.
What is: they faced severe legal discrimination and social restriction imposed by white colonists?
This Paris prison got stormed by an angry mob in 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution.
What is: the Bastille?
This was the primary cause of the English Revolution.
What is: the deep political and religious conflict between King Charles l and the parliament?
This represented Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea that the best way to preserve freedom is to establish government to the “general will” of the people.
What is: Popular Sovereignty?
Napoleon established this before crowning himself emperor of the French in 1804.
What is: the French Consulate?
This describes Toussaint Louverture's approach to Saint-Domingue's economy and governance during his rise to power in the late 1790s.
What is: he maintained the plantation systems, requiring former slaves to work on large estates under military supervision and to ensure agricultural exports, while officially abolishing slavery?
This oath, named after where it was swore, mentions to not break apart and reassemble until the constitution is established.
What is: The Tennis Court Oath?
THIS IS YOUR DAILY DOUBLE; WORTH DOUBLE THE POINTS
This was the act of Parliament that set basic civil rights for whoever was the ruler.
What is: the English Bill of Rights?
This man didn't believe in democracy yet and greatly influenced the Founding Fathers.
Who is: Voltaire?
This was the purpose of Napoleon’s political pamphlet and dialogue 'Le Souper de Beaucaire(1793)'.
What is: to promote revolutionary unity?
This was the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the geopolitical strategies of Bonaparte in North America.
What is: it led him to abandon his ambitions for a North American empire and sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
The French Revolutionary government created a works schedule for citizens with this many days of work before getting days off.
What is: 9 days?
This royal dynasty was permanently restricted in its power by the 1689 Bill of Rights, which concluded the English Revolution.
What is: the House of Stuart?
People having originally lived in “state of nature” and had complete personal freedom, often being driven by self-interest. Along with people being constantly at war with another over scarce resources.
This explains the main ideas of the book 'Leviathan', written by Thomas Hobbs.
During this coup in 1799, Napoleon helped overthrow France's weak government called the Directory, and he became the top leader in the new government called the Consulate.
What is: the Coup of 18 Brumaire?
This explains Toussaint L'Ouverture's background and why his actions are so memorable
Who is : a self educated former slave who became the leader of the Haitian Revolution and defeated Napoleon?