Key people
Who is Madame Deficit?
Marie Antoinette
Who were the Bourgeoisie?
(French) Middle Class
Where did the Women March on Versailles aim for the Royal Family to move to?
Paris
Who deeply formed and believed the idea of natural rights, and that all men should have the right to pursue life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
True or false: The Enlightenment inspired future governments and people
True
Who Published On the Spirit of Laws?
Baron De Montesquieu
What did popular sovereignty challenge?
- Catholic Church,Monarchy, Old Order, etc.
Where did British troops surrender to the Americans in 1781?
Yorktown, Virginia
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
True or false: The American Constitution created a federal form of Confederation to hold the new country together
False, it created a federal republic with power split in between branches.
What was Maximillien Robespierre known as and what event did he lead/take part of?
- known as "The Incorruptible"
- part of the Reign of Terror
What were the three estates in the ancient regime?
1st: The Clergy
2nd: The Nobility
3rd: Middle class to peasants (everyone else)
-97-98% of population
What event promised "never to separate and to meet whenever the circumstances might require until we have established a just constitution"?
The Tennis Court Oath of 1789
What document was King Louis XVI forced to sign?
The Declaration of the Rights of man and Citizen
True of False: The French Revolution created popular sovereignty for the French
True
Why was Marquis de Lafayette known as the "hero of two worlds?"
-Helped George Washington with the American Revolution and headed the National Guard in Paris
What was the point of the Olive Branch Petition?
try and make peace and resolute with Britain and King George III
What was the Bastille a symbol for?
tyranny, inequalities, injustices of the old order, etc..
Who led the continental Army?
George Washington
True or False: White Males were excluded from the rights of the initial U.S Constitution.
False; Women, the enslaved and Native and African Americans were excluded, NOT white males
Who was Jacques Necker?
A financial expert who pleaded the king to reduce court spending, reform the government, abolish excess tariffs and tax the first and second estates. Nobles and clergy forced king to dismiss him.
What group in the American Revolution settled in whichever side offered them the best offer? What is an example?
Divided Loyalties
-Native Americans, African Americans, Enslaved Africans
What acts on taxation were passed by Britain to the American colonists? In what events did the Americans react?
ACTS:
-Sugar act, Stamp act, Quartering act, Tea act
AMERICAN COLONISTS REACT:
-Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
Who came Ito British power during the Seven Years War?
King George III
True or False: The French won the seven years war and gained a global empire
False; it was the British that won and gained trade and colonization from their success