WH Unit 6 Review: Era of Revolutions (Part 1)

How are Peter the Great and Louis XIV NOT similar?

• Absolute Rulers

• Encouraged Exports

• Strengthened Military

• Ruled with a Check & Balance System in place

What is absolutism?

• A system of government where power is divided among multiple rulers
• Political theory that states that all power should be vested in one or more authorities

• A form of democracy with elected representatives
• A political ideology promoting equality among all citizens

What was the main cause of the English Revolution?

• The English feared that James II would restore Catholicism after becoming King

• Foreign invasion and military defeat
• Economic downturn and high unemployment
• Religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics

What was the main cause of the American Revolution?

• Taxation of the colonies without representation in the English Parliament

• Disagreement over the official language of the colonies
• Anger over the British monarchy's fashion choices
• Desire for better trade agreements with France

Why was the Haitian Revolution successful?

• Haitian slaves outnumbered French plantation owners living in Haiti

• Opposition from other countries
• Lack of strong leadership
• The use of traditional military tactics

What was the main cause of the Latin American Revolutions?

• Desire for stronger colonial rule
• Lack of natural resources
• Colonial rule by European countries

• Influence of Asian cultures

Debt due to overspending by the King, unequal representation of citizens in the Estates General, and poverty among citizens of the 3rd estate were all causes of what revolution?

• French Revolution
• American Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Russian Revolution

Who declared himself 1st Consul of the French government and declared war on surrounding countries to gain land?

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Louis XVI

• Louis XIV

• Maximilien Robespierre

What NOT an impact Napoleon had on France?

• helped spread nationalist ideas

• increased prosperity by selling the Louisiana Territory to the US

• helped reform the French legal and educational system

• stabilized France by having no wars while he was leader

What French ruler was able to bring a large amount of European territories under his direct control?

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Maximilien Robespierre

• Louis XIV