French Revolution
When did the French Revolution start?
May 5th, 1789.
When did the American Revolution take place?
1775-1783.
1776
Beginning of the American Revolution
Separation of powers
an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
What was the intellectual movement in the 18th century called? (50 bonus points:Who did it challenge?)
Enlightenment
Challenges the authority of the Ancien Regime and proposed a new way of organizing society.
The descent into Revolution was caused by discontent among the population and the arrival of two major crises in 1789. What are the two crises?
The economic crises
The financial crises
Who was the first president of the United States of America?
George Washington
1783
End of the American Revolution
Constitution
the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it. b : a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization.
Society was divided by traditional law into three estates
The clergy, the nobility, and ordinary people.
What monarchies did Napoleon defeat? Must name at least 3 for full points.
Russia, Austria, Naples, the kingdom of Holland, Prussia and the Duchy of Warsaw.
Where did the famous “Tea Party” take place, and what caused it to take place?
It took place in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a protest against the British government for imposing commercial monopolies and taxes (especially on tea) which is why tea was dumped in the harbor.
1789-1799
French Revolution began and ended
Nationalism
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Who won the War of the Spanish Succession? What dynasty did this lead to?
Philip V’s supporters won the war and he was recognized as the king of Spain.
Bourbon dynasty in Spain
Name three French philosophers from the Enlightenment
The best known philosophes were Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot.
When and where was the United States Declaration of Independence signed? (Also, who signed it? For extra bonus points)
July 4, 1776. Philadelphia, PA.
Continental congress.
1815
The Congress of Vienna took place.
September 1814 to June 1815.
Habeas Corpus
A text guaranteeing individual freedoms and preventing the king from using arbitrary detention, was approved.
What are the Nueva Planta Decrees?
What are the three phases of the French Revolution? Must give dates also.
The constitutional monarchy (1789-1792)
The social republic (1792-1794)
The conservative republic (1794-1799)
Describe the effect of the American Revolution.
(Hint: something important was signed, not the DOI)
Description
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary
1804
Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.
Triangular trade; also what were they trading?what continents were involved?
A system of commerce across the Atlantic Ocean between three regions.
Europe, Africa and Northern America
What was Greco-Roman style and what architecture was inspired by it? (Must give few examples. Things that were built in this style)
Neoclassical architecture was inspired by the Greco/Roman style (columns, arches, domes, pediments,porticoes etc
libraries, pantheons, gates, and museums.