Declaration & Battles
The 13 American Colonies declared independence from Great Britain in this year.
What is 1776?"
The Enlightenment thinker who believed all people are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?"
The French document adopted in 1789 that guaranteed natural rights and freedoms.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?"
he main goal of the Congress of Vienna was to ____________.
What is to restore the balance of power in Europe?"
Enlightenment ideas influenced both the American and French Revolutions by _____________.
"What is inspiring the desire for natural rights and the challenge to traditional authority?"
The American battle in 1777 that led France to support the colonies was the Battle of ____________.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?"
Before the French Revolution, the three social classes of French society were called the ____________, ____________, and _____________.
What are the First Estate, Second Estate, and Third Estate?"
The political group that pushed for the execution of King Louis XVI.
What is the Jacobins?"
The scorched-earth policy involved ____________ and was effective against Napoleon because ____________.
What is burning crops and villages, and it was effective because it left Napoleon's army without supplies?"
The rights guaranteed by the Declaration of the Rights of Man included _____________.
What is liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression?"
Napoleon Bonaparte’s final defeat occurred at this battle in 1815.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?"
The group that made up about 97% of the French population was the ____________.
What is the Third Estate?"
The purpose of the Tennis Court Oath was to ____________.
What is to vow not to separate until a new constitution was created?"
The Napoleonic Code helped the people of France by ____________ but limited them by ____________.
"What is providing equality under the law, but limiting freedom of speech?"
Economic problems contributed to both the beginning of the French Revolution and the fall of Napoleon by ____________.
What is financial crises and military overspending?"
The event on July 14, 1789, considered the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?"
The king of France at the start of the French Revolution.
Who is King Louis XVI?"
The Reign of Terror changed the direction of the French Revolution by ____________.
"What is leading to more extreme measures, including mass executions?"
French history might have changed if the Third Estate had been given fair representation earlier by ____________.
"What is preventing the outbreak of revolution by addressing their grievances?"
The Reign of Terror was (or was not) justified as a way to protect the revolution because ____________.
What is it was justified by some, but others saw it as a violent overreaction?"
The political group led by Robespierre that pushed for the execution of King Louis XVI.
What is the Committee of Public Safety or Jacobins
The Enlightenment thinker who argued that the government’s job is to protect the people's natural rights.
"Who is John Locke?"
Members of the Third Estate were dissatisfied with French society because ____________.
What is they had no political power and were burdened with taxes?"
Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was a major turning point in European history because ____________.
What is it led to the weakening of Napoleon’s power and a shift in European alliances?"
Revolutions succeed more through ideas or military force (choose one) because ____________.
What is through military force, because successful military campaigns can shift power structures?"