Causes of American and Haitian Revolution
What did the British do to help pay for the French and Indian war that her colonies didn't like?
Taxes
What does the idea of natural rights mean?
Rights you are born with at birth (John Locke)
Name a job in the third estate of France
Peasant, merchants, artisans, farmers, lawyers, doctors, bankers, and teachers (everybody else).
Who was killed that sparked the beginning of the Reign of Terror?
King Louis and Marie Antoinette
Napoleon rerouted his troops from North America to St. Domingue where the slaves, led by Toussaint, were revolting against French rule. However, Napoleons troops were unsuccessful in fighting the rebel soldiers. Following France's defeat in St. Domingue, what was Napoleon's deal with the United States to sell his land holdings in North America?
Louisiana Purchase
What was the cash crop of Haiti enslaved Africans worked for?
Sugar
Montesquieu liked separation of powers. How does America have separation of powers.
Possible Answers:
-Executive, Legislature, or Judicial
-Rights reserved for the State and Federal government.
-Checks and balances set up to make sure one branch doesn't dominate the other
What were the jobs of the First and Second estate.
Nobility and Clergy.
What was the name of the execution device imposed during the Reign of Terror?
Guillotine
Name a country Napoleon wiped off the map or defeated in battle?
-Austria
-Prussia
-Russia
-Britain
-Holy Roman Empire
-Various Italian Kingdoms
-Spain
-Portugal
-Netherlands
-Poland
-Egypt
-combination of them put together
What percentage were slaves were in Haiti?
A. 0-50 B. 60-80 C. 80-90
90 percent of people in Haiti were slaves (C)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence (country) and who wrote the Declaration of rights of man and citizen (country)?
Declaration of Independence were the U.S colonies
Declaration of rights of man and citizen was France
Who was seen as an example of excess and indulgence in French society?
Marie Antoinette.
Name something hypocritical (something contradictory) to the enlightment ideals desired before the Revolution?
85 percent of peasants were killed (people who they were trying to help).
Prohibiting freedom of speech.
suppression of political expression.
Terror used to maintain order.
Enforced a religion (cult of supreme being).
No checks and balances.
Wide spread and arrest and locked up.
Where did he grow up?
The Mediterranean island of Corsica.
What was the name of the general in Haiti who lead the slave rebellion?
Toussaint Louverture
Describe social contract in your own words (Rousseau and Locke)
It is an agreement between citizens and their government and can be changed at anytime.
What war drained the bank account of King Louis XVI?
American Revolution.
What was the name of the group that enacting all of these authoritarian rules (persecution of church, no freedom of speech, trials and killings in the same day)?
Jacobins.
Who did Napoleon put in charge of the countries he created or conquered (Name just one type of relation did they have with Napoleon)?
Brothers, brother in laws, sisters, generals, stepson.
Who was the African American killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Beccaria said laws should be fair and punishment should fit the crime. Which amendments in the constitution affirm what he believes (multiple potential right answers)
5th amendment (plead da fifth)- no double jeopardy (ha ha but this means you can't get charged with a crime twice), due process of law, protection against self incrimination.
6th amendment- impartial jury and informed of charges.
8th amendment- No cruel or unusual punishment or excessive bail.
Where was King Louis and Marie Antoinette trying to escape to so they weren't trapped in Paris and could meet up with Royalist?
Austrian Netherlands.
Who was killed marking the end of the Reign of Terror
Maximillian Robespierre.
Why was he made fun of by his peers in military school?
His Mediterranean accent and short stature.