American Causes
Required colonists to house and provide for the British Soldiers stationed in their towns.
Quartering Act
What was the result of the Revolutionary War?
American Independence
French social class made up of the Nobles
2nd Estate
Who was the first one sent to the Guillotine in the Reign of Terror?
King Louis XVI
A tax on tea, lead, glass & other everyday items
the Townshend Act
leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution
George Washington
The third estate was largely responsible for _____ ____, Something the other estates were exempt from.
paying taxes
Who crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to encourage colonists to break away from the British.
Common Sense
America's first form of Government that lasted only 6 years.
Articles of Confederation
What document did the National Assembly compose in the Moderate phase of the revolution?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
What government was set up after the republic with 5 men at the head?
The Directory
Turning point of the American Revolution after which the French allied themselves with the Americans.
Battle of Saratoga
Meeting that King Louis called with representatives from all three estates.
Estates General
The Russians used a _____ _____ Strategy to defeat the French invasion.
Scorched Earth
How many dollars worth of tea was dumped in the harbor during the Boston Tea Party in today's dollars?
1 million dollars worth.
primary author of the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
Maximilien Robespierre was the head of the...
Committee of Public Safety within the National Convention.
At the Congress of Vienna, France was surrounded by strong countries to maintain the __ __ ___; no one country is substantially more powerful than any other
Balance of Power