Taxes and Acts
What act allowed soldiers to take over houses?
Quartering Act
Which battle resulted in very few deaths and was a major win for the Continental Army?
Trenton
Who paid the most taxes?
Name of both guys leading the French Revolution.
Robespierre & Danton
Separation of Powers
Montesquieu
Which act inspired the phrase "no taxation without representation"?
Stamp Act
What was a major mistake in the Battle of New York?
Allowing Washington to retreat & escape.
What was created after the Third Estate was shut out of the Estates General?
National Assembly, Tennis Court Oath
Name of group that decided if people were guilty of being pro-king.
Committee of Public Safety
"Life, Liberty, Property"
John Locke
Which 2 acts were repealed?
Stamp Act and Townshed Act
What percentage of troops died at Valley Forge?
25%, or 1/4
What was deficit spending?
Spending money you don't have
Name of King Louis's wife that was executed
Marie Antoinette
Separation of Church and State
Voltaire
What causes the King to start taxing the colonists?
French-Indian War
How did France assist the Americans in the Battle of Yorktown?
They trapped the British using their navy
Why did the peasants storm the Bastille?
To get ammunition for the weapons they had
What ended the French Revolution?
Execution of Robespierre, Napoleon taking power
People cannot be trusted to govern themselves.
Hobbes
Name of company allowed access to Americans after the Tea Act.
East India Trading Company
Why was there a difference between support from the northern colonies and southern colonies?
The South was making money from trading with Britain, so more supported Britain
Name of when peasants started taking properties from nobles.
Great Fear
Why did the French use the guillotine?
It was more "humane", "quicker death"
"Society corrupts a person's true nature"
Rousseau