Dates
King George III is crowned king of England
1760
The large-scale organization of business, where those who possess a store of wealth or capital (which includes money, raw materials, tools, land, factories, etc.) hire laborers to engage in activities that increase wealth
Capitalism
A government by a few; particularly by wealthy people for the benefit of their class is an ______
Oligarchy
King Louis was executed by the firing squad
False, Guillotine
Two consecutive kings of England who neither spoke English as their first language or really ruled England.
Kings George I and George II
The date (month + day) that France had a great victory over the Austrians at Jemappes in Belgium
November 6
The process of formally accusing someone of a crime
Indictment
By the late 18th century, both the house of Commons and the House of Lords were dominated by _____
Aristocrats
The British Constitution was mostly unwritten, and was a set of traditions that have become widely accepted
True
King George III
January 21
The act of adding or attaching one territory to another
Annexation
In Feb. 1, 1793, France declares war on _____
England
The Jacobins were more radical than the Girondins
True
Prime Minister who supported reforms of the British government until after Britain went to war with revolutionary France
William Pitt
The year that the House of Commons passes a law forbidding unions of workers
1799
The act of killing or assassinating a king
Regicide
"_____" (2 words) is French for "Let them do as they will!"
Laissez-faire
The first person who was widely regarded as Prime Minister was William Pitt
False, it was Sir Robert Walpole
The last British monarch to have vetoed a law proposed by parliament
Queen Anne (1702-1714)
When James Watt developed the first true steam engine
1765
Imprisonment or confinement
Durance
After the _____ Revolution Britain became a constitutional monarchy
Glorious - the Glorious Revolution
During the British Agricultural Revolution, farmers had to transition from enclosed field farming to strip field farming
False
Person who said: "Let them do as they will!" (in French)
Francois Quesney