American Revolution
This British law in 1763 fixed a Westward limit to colonial expansion in North America, and angered Britain's colonists there.
The Proclamation of 1763
The phase of the French Revolution in which the goal was to create a constitutional monarchy was which phase?
The first phase (1789-1791)
What young French general defeated the Austrians in their war against France in 1799?
Napoleon Bonaparte
The belief that people are bound together by ties of language, culture, and history, and should be governed according to those groupings.
Nationalism
The first constitution of the United States was called...
The Articles of Confederation
One example of the taxes levied by the British Parliament to help pay for the defense of the North American colonies.
The 1765 Stamp Act?
Who eventually became emperor of France after the end of the republican period in 1799?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Like George Washington, Napoleon looked to ancient Rome as an example. What was the difference between Washington and Napoleon's views of Rome?
Washington saw the Roman Republic as his example, while Napoleon saw the Roman Empire as his example.
How did revolution and war in France advance ideas of national identity?
People began to see themselves as a group in opposition to other groups who were enemies.
Who was left out of the application of the ideal that "all men are created equal" in The Constitution of The United States (the Constitution of 1787)?
Slaves, who were counted as 40% of a man. Women were fully counted for electoral purposes, but not allowed to vote.
On April 19, 1775, the British Army marched on what Massachusetts town to destroy weapons that the Massachusetts militia had been storing there in secret?
Concord
The most immediate cause of the revolt in 1789 was
problems with French finances
What did Napoleon do in 1804?
He crowned himself emperor
What grew in the rest of Europe in response to Frances successful conquests?
national identity created in opposition to French rule
The Massachusetts rebellion of farmers made clear the need for what?
A federal government with powers of taxation.
The famous Boston Tea Party happened in May of what year?
1773
The "Third Estate" included all commoners, but their representatives came mostly from the French
Middle Class
through his example of French nationalism, conquest and consolidation of German-speaking and Italian-speaking areas, and challenge to traditional aristocracies Napoleon laid the foundation for what?
the development of nation-states in Europe
What did Napoleon do in 1812 that led directly to the end of his rule of France?
attacked Russia
At what meeting in 1787 were the issues of how to balance the powers of government with the rights of individuals, and the degree to which a federal government would have rights to tax and to borrow money?
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happyness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." What part of the introduction to the Declaration of Independence is clearly from John Locke's ideas?
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
The radical republican faction in French politics led by Robespierre was called
The Jacobins
The belief that individuals are bound together by ties of language, culture, and history and should be governed based on those groupings.
Nationalism
What major set of events caused French nationalism to grow even after Napoleon became Emperor?
French military victories in Europe
The First Amendment to the Constitution of 1787 (The Constitution of the United States) was
The Bill of Rights