During the ________________ between 18,000 and 40,000 people were condemned and killed.
The Reign of Terror
200
What does Repeal mean?
To Cancel or Remove
200
What does Quarter mean?
to provide shelter, a bed, and meals for a person
200
What was the Bastille?
A royal prison, that was attacked and destroyed on July 14, 1789.
200
What was the name of the king of France during the French Revolution and what happened to him?
Louis XVI, he got his head chopped off.
300
The _______________________ taxed newspapers, playing cards, and many other goods.
The Stamp Act
300
The British and French fought the _______________ and _____________ war in the 1760's.
The French and Indian War
300
What does Adjourn mean?
to close a meeting
300
Members of the Third Estate Established their own what?
National Assembly
400
Volunteer soldiers of the American colonies who could be ready to fight against the British in a minute's time.
Minutemen
400
The colonists did not want to be taxed with out ________________________. There were no American Colonists in British Parliament.
Representation
400
Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution and what happened to her?
Marie Antoinette, she got her head chopped off.
400
Who crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804?
Napoleon
500
"We Hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Who wrote these lines? and in what document do they appear?
Thomas Jefferson
500
George Washington was the leader of the ______________________________ and the first ________________________________ of the US.
The leader of Continental or American army and the first president of the US.
500
Name the 3 Estates, and tell me what groups of people were members of each estate
The First Estate: The Church
The Second Estate: Nobles and the Royal Family
The Third Estate: everyone else, 97% of the population, mostly poor peasants
500
Name the two islands that Napoleon was imprisoned on