The Age of Revolutions

Vocab

100

This kind of revolution is a change in the way society is organized.

Social

200

This kind of revolution is a change in government

Political

300

This kind of revolution is a change in the way people express their identity.

Cultural

400

This kind of revolution is a change in the way people think.

Intellectual

500

This is a document that lists what governments can and cannot do.

Constitution

American

100

This war was a cause of the American Revolution because it made Britain raise taxes on the colonists.

The French and Indian war

200

The colonists were upset they were being taxes because they did not have this.

Representation in Parliament

300

This person was the leader of the colonists Continental army during the American Revolution.

George Washington

400

After the American revolution, America created this kind of government.

Democratic republic

500

The American Revolution was this kind of revolution.

Political

French

100

What other revolution was a cause of the French Revolution?

American Revolution

200

Before the French Revolution, a loaf of bread cost this much of one's wages.

1 months worth.

300

This group of people made up 97% of Frances population AND paid the most taxes, but still had the same amount of votes in the Estates General.

The  Commoners

400

This person ended the French Revolution when he became dictator and eventual Emperor in 1804

Napoleon Bonaparte

500

France switched between these 2 kinds of government for 200 years after the French Revolution.

Republic and Empire (will also accept Monarchy)

Haitian

100

The Haitian Revolutionaries wanted to end this.

Slavery

200

This percentage of Haiti was enslaved before the revolution.

87%

300

This former enslaved person was a major leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Toussaint L'Overture

400

After losing Haiti as a colony, Napoleon sold this territory to the United States.

The Louisiana Purchase

500

While the Haitian Revolution achieved its goal, a negative effect was this.

Destroyed Economy (Will also accept political instability)

Miscellaneous

100

Mrs. Ruckert's twin sister is named this.

Lilli

200

This religion was a blend of Christianity and African traditions and unified the Haitian Revolutionaries.

Voudou

300

This was the execution method of the Enlightenment since it was seen as more humane than other forms of execution.

Guillotine.

400

When the French Revolutionaries met at the National Assembly, they wanted this.

Constitutional Monarchy

500

Which revolution was the most successful and why?

American - they accomplished their goal of independence from Britain and rights for white men while creating a successful new country.

Haitian - they accomplished their goal of ending slavery, which was much harder to do than simply get rights for poor white men.