This unpopular French king tried to raise taxes which contributed to the revolution
What is King Louis XVI
100
Britain needed to raise taxes in the 1760s in America because it needed money for its global war with this country
What is France
100
Before 1789 this estate in France paid all of the taxes and had very little political power
What is the Third Estate
100
U.S. Constitution was one of the first lasting efforts to put this European era of political ideas into practice
What is the Enlightenment
200
This document was sent to the French and declared that we were going to war with England
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
In 1793 the king and queen were executed by this death device of the revolution
What is the guillotine
200
King Louis called this body in 1789 to reform France's tax system
What is the Estates General
200
As a result of the American Revolution more white men
Were elected to legislatures & allowed to vote
200
Thousands of soldiers from this nation fought for the American revolutionaries putting them into further debt contributing to their own revolution
What is France
300
The final straw in causing the American Revolution was
What is taxing the colonists without their consent
300
In 1789, this group took over the Estates General
What is the Third Estate
300
The British respond to their war debt with France by
Raising taxes on colonists
300
Despite playing a large role in both revolutions, these groups gained no new freedom
What are women and people of color
300
This idea says people give power to their leaders not God
What is popular sovereignty
400
The British raised taxes on the colonists because
They had big war debts
400
The Third Estate representatives broke loose and declared themselves this new government in 1789
What is the National Assembly
400
The French upper class were angry because
King Louis XVI raised their taxes
400
The French Revolution eliminated this practice
What is Feudalism
400
This movement consisted of popular sovereignty, consent of the governed, and natural rights
What is the Enlightenment
500
The American Revolution is significant in world history because
It was the first democratic revolution
500
Contrary to the American Revolution, the French Revolution witnessed this transformation
What is a social transformation
500
Colonists were not angry about taxes, they were angry that
They were being taxed without their consent
500
This National Assembly passed this document that introduced the ideas of equality and natural rights to the man, but not the women of France (similar to Declaration of Independence)
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
500
1793 and 1794 is known as this scary period in French history because the Committee of Political Safety killed tens of thousands of people regarded as enemies of the revolution