Revolutions

Which of the Three Estates did the Peasants belong to?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Colonists had to provide British troops in America; money, living quarters, and supplies.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

Taxed Colonists on paper goods like newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and legal documents.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Rights and Grievances?

• To declare independence from Britain

• To denounce the intolerable acts

• To create a new system of government for the colonies

• To negotiate a peace treaty with Britain

What is the primary purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To establish the three branches of government

• To outline the powers of the federal government

• To protect individual rights and freedoms from government overreach

• To declare independence from Britain

Louis XVI was executed after being accused of

• Supporting universal suffrage

• Sabotaging the reactionaries

• Conspiring with foreign monarchs to gain back power

• Aiding the Jacobins

Which Estate paid all of the taxes in France prior to the Revolution?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Which of the following was a negative of the Napoleonic Code?

• Religious Freedom

• Creation of Civil Service

• All citizens equal under the law

• Limited freedom of speech

Which of the following was not executed?

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon

Read the following quote - "The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man . . ." The following quote can be found from what source?

• The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights