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Use the following to answer questions : -sans-culottes


A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain.
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights.
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states.
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy.
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F) A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G) Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H) A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I) The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J) The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K) A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L) French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M) The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N) A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O) People of European descent born in the Americas.
P) A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Q) H) and O)
R) N) and P)

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How can France be described politically under Napoleon?


A) It saw the rise of three major political parties.
B) It was governed by authoritarianism.
C) It allowed freedom of speech and the press.
D) It gave women more political power than ever before.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Use the following to answer questions : -Jacobin club


A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain.
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights.
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states.
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy.
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F) A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G) Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H) A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I) The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J) The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K) A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L) French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M) The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N) A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O) People of European descent born in the Americas.
P) A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Q) All of the above
R) I) and N)

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Why did the Directory continue to support France's military expansion?


A) They feared the army would turn against them if it was recalled.
B) They hoped to spread republican revolution throughout Europe.
C) The wars helped to alleviate domestic economic problems, including unemployment.
D) They feared a coup d'Γ©tat if they made peace.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Why did European kings initially welcome the French Revolution?


A) They had hopes for liberal reforms.
B) It weakened France, which they saw as a competing power.
C) They hoped it would spread to England and weaken it.
D) They hoped that it would scare their peasants.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Why did the Antifederalists oppose the American Constitution?


A) They thought it granted too much power to the states.
B) They thought it prohibited a standing army.
C) They thought it made the federal government too strong.
D) They thought it instituted too many taxes.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The Thermidorian reaction saw what group reassert its authority in French politics?


A) The nobles
B) The middle class
C) The monarchists
D) The peasantry

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Who wrote Common Sense?


A) John Adams
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) John Locke
D) Thomas Paine

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Why did Britain and Spain become involved in the revolts in Saint-Domingue?

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In the Americas, the Seven Years' War was a border dispute between the colonies of what two countries?


A) Britain and France
B) Spain and Portugal
C) Portugal and the Netherlands
D) England and Prussia

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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In the Tennis Court Oath, the delegates of the third estate pledged to not disband until they had been recognized as a national assembly and had


A) written a new constitution.
B) secured the right to vote for all Frenchmen.
C) repealed all taxes.
D) forced Louis XVI to abdicate.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following contributed to the economic crisis of 1789 in France?


A) A tax on grain
B) Peasants refusing to work
C) A poor harvest
D) A boycott of bakeries

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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What was one of the special privileges enjoyed by European nobility in the eighteenth century?


A) They had a monopoly on road tariffs.
B) They were given the right to purchase titles.
C) They were given an exemption from taxes.
D) They could take control of a guild of their choosing.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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What other European countries became involved in the American Revolution, and why?

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The common people of France, both rural and urban, played a significant role in the French Revolution. Discuss their role in the events of the summer and fall of 1789, during the National Convention, the Reign of Terror, and the Thermidorian reaction. What motivated the peasants and the sans-culottes? How successful would the Revolution have been without the actions of the common people?

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Use the following to answer questions : -Creoles


A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain.
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights.
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states.
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy.
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F) A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G) Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H) A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I) The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J) The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K) A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L) French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M) The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N) A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O) People of European descent born in the Americas.
P) A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Q) F) and O)
R) E) and P)

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Use the following to answer questions : -Antifederalists


A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain.
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights.
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states.
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy.
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F) A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G) Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H) A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I) The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J) The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K) A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L) French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M) The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N) A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O) People of European descent born in the Americas.
P) A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Q) I) and L)
R) C) and P)

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What stopped Napoleon's plans to invade Britain?


A) He was wrapped up in a war with Austria and Holland.
B) France's signing of the Treaty of Amiens prevented him from invading.
C) His navy experienced huge losses at the Battle of Trafalgar.
D) He decided to attack Russia instead.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In 1778, rebels in the American War of Independence made a formal alliance with what European country?


A) France
B) Russia
C) Spain
D) Portugal

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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What limited France's ability to pay its national debts in the 1780s?

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