People
Why did the French people dislike Marie Antoinette?
She was from Austria and spent too much money
Describe the estates of France
3 estates
1-Church
2-Rich/Nobels
3-Everyone else
What happened to the King of France?
He was executed by the guillotine.
What was the guillotine?
An execution device used to cut off peoples heads
Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?
King Louis XVI
Name 3 causes of the American Revolution
Acts/Taxes
No representation in parliament
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Enlightenment
What was the Declaration of Independence?
Document written to the world, to declare America a free country from Britain.
Why did the American Colonists throw tea into Boston Harbor?
To protest the taxes on Tea
Who was George Washington?
General of the American Army
Name 3 causes of the French Revolution
American Revolution
Enlightenment
Unfair taxes
Famine
Unfair Estates
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
What was the Reign of Terror?
The name given to the time period when the Committee of Public Safety ruled France. They ruled with fear and thousands were executed by the guillotine.
Who was King of Great Britain during the American Revolution?
King George III
What did no taxation without representation mean?
The colonists did not want to pay taxes without having a representative in parliament so they would have a say in the taxes.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Name two battles of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Yorktown
Who was Maximillian Robespiere?
Leader of France during the Reign of Terror. (Committee of Public Safety)
Describe how the Enlightenment caused the American and French Revolutions?
The Enlightenment made people realize that people should be equal and have rights that they never knew they should have.
What was the National Assembly?
The name the 3rd estate gave themselves, when they declared themselves the government of France.
Why did the people of Paris storm the Bastille?
To get weapons/guns, when they heard that the king was going to attack the National Assembly.