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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HAITI & INDUSTRIAL
FRENCH REV I
FRENCH REV II
100
Did Frenchman Voltaire believe in religious freedom or not?
He DID believe in religious freedom
100
True or False: The American Revolution had a huge impact on the colonists who lived here, but it had little impact on the rest of the world.
False -- The American Revolution has worldwide importance because it marked a successful new concept in government that ha spread throughout the world.
100
The Haitian revolution was inspired by revolutions in two other countries. What were they? You must name both to get the points!
USA and France
100
What name was given to the year-long period where about 40,000 people died in the French revolution?
The Reign of Terror
100
The storming of what building is considered the beginning of the French Revolution?
The Bastille
200
True or false -- most enlightenment thinkers believed in stronger, more controlling governments.
FALSE -- Most in more personal freedoms, and less powerful central governments.
200
What battle convinced the French to join in the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
200
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
The leader of the slave rebellion in Haiti
200
What nation was Napoleon invading when he lost more than 400,000 soldiers?
Russia
200
What document declared the principles and values of the French Revolution?
The Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen
300
Who did John Locke believe governmental power ultimately rested with?
The people
300
What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
300
What state in the USA is CLOSEST to the nation of Haiti?
Florida
300
Restoring a sense of order and stability to a troubled region allowed what military hero to ascend to power in France after the end of the revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
300
Tell me what groups made up these estates, and be specific: the first estate was ________________________ and the second estate was ____________________.
Clergy, Nobility
400
Which enlightenment philosopher we talked about believed not only in a separation of powers in government, but also in a system of checks and balances within government?
Montesquieu
400
Rights NOT governed by laws -- things like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- are known as what type of right?
Natural rights
400
What invention during the industrial revolution dramatically increased the demand for coal?
The steam engine
400
I'm feeling generous today, and luck is part of this game! 400 points are YOURS just for picking this one. Sorry to the other two teams. :) -- actually, I'm not that sorry. You had your chance to pick this one, and you picked the 500 pointers instead!
+400!!!
400
Random question -- not related to this unit. Start with our current leader, President Donald Trump, and start listing our presidents backwards IN ORDER. You get 100 points for every one you get correct. You only have 90 seconds though to submit your answer, and if you cheat (on your phones) you lose all 400 points for this one.
Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhawer, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt -- surely you didn't get more than this!
500
The political theory that people form governments for their mutual protection and that government rules only with the consent fo the those people is known as what?
Social Contract Theory
500
What war between the French and the British in the 1750s led to new taxes on the American colonists, and pushed them closer to revolution?
The French and Indian war OR the Seven Years War
500
The economic system that became popular during the industrial revolution -- a system in which production is privately owned and is used for profit, is known as what?
Capitalism
500
What tax policy in pre-revolution France helped trigger the start of the French Revolution?
The taxation of the third estate while the wealthier first and second estates paid no taxes at all.
500
The most ironic part of the French Revolution is that after it ended, they eventually re-installed what to their government?
A monarch -- Louis XVIII