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What act lowered the price of tea?
The Tea Act.
What stated that the United States was a free nation?
Declaration of Independence.
Why did the Puritans get their name?
Because of their desire to purify the Anglican Church.
Where was the "Shot heard round the world"?
Lexington.
What was the self-declared name of the Third Estate before the French Revolution?
National Assembly.
What English group settled and founded Boston?
Puritans.
What revolution led to years of chaos and reform?
French Revolution.
What are Assignats?
Paper money backed by the value of land.
Who did the Directory choose to lead the military?
Napoleon.
What were the first 10 amendments of the American constitution called?
Bill of Rights.
What group got what they wanted out of the War of Austria?
Jacobins.
Why did the women of Paris protest?
Inflation of bread prices.
What empire did Napoleon destroy in 1806?
Holy Roman Empire.
What two countries remained unoccupied by Napoleon's forces?
Britain and Russia.
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the US?
Needed to raise money for his European empire.
Why was Napoleon considered a hero to the French republic?
For his victories in Austria.
What battle during the American revolution was the turning point of the war?
Saratoga.
Who became dictator after leading a mob at the National Convention?
Danton.
What battle ended the American revolution and where the British surrendered to General Washington?
Yorktown.
What document limited the king's power?
Magna Carta.
What term best describes the American revolution?
Conservative.
What island was Napoleon born on?
Corsica.
What was the name of the series of laws that placed restrictions on colonial trade?
Intolerable Acts.
What was the Royal Flee?
What was the Napoleonic code?
Legal code that organized laws from Revolution.
What symbolized the downfall of the Old Regime?
Storming of the Bastille.
What treaty officially recognized America as independent?
Treaty of Paris.
What title did Napoleon take after becoming dictator?
Emperor of the French.
What document was responsible for restructuring the French government?
First Constitution.
What was the first document of self-government in America?
What happened at the Tennis Court Oath?
National Assembly vowed to write a new constitution for France.
According to the social contract, government is established by the consent of what?
The governed.
What does M.E.A.T stand for?
Monarchy, Enlightenment, American Revolution, Taxes and Third Estate.
What was the period when the leaders of the Revolution executed thousands of people?
Reign of Terror.
What was one effect of the French revolution?
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Who were the educated artisans and capitalists?
What battle did the British and Prussian's join forces to defeat Napoleon?
Battle of Waterloo.
What did Napoleon do that got the assembly's attention?
He put down a riot in Paris.
What does C.P.R stand for?
Continental System, Peninsular War, Russian Invasion.
What was the slogan for the declaration of the Rights of Man?
Life, Liberty, and Fraternity.
What government took over after the Reign of Terror was over?
Directory.
What issue arose during the First Meeting for the Estates-General in 1789?
Voting representation.
Who led the Jacobins during the reign of terror?
Robespierre.
Puritans believed the purpose of government was to do what?
Promote virtue and restrain evildoers.
What island was Napoleon banished to originally?
Who led the revolt in Haiti?
Toussaint.