Revolutionary/Reformer

The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons 

• sans-culottes
• coup d'etat
• coup deville
• emigres

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Redcoats
• Loyalists
• Neutrals
• Patriots

Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?

• King James
• King Charles II
• Queen Elizabeth
• King George III

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• George Washington
• Lord Charles Cornwallis
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams

When did the Second Continental Congress sign the document creating "free and independent states."

• March 5, 1770
• December 16, 1773
• April 19, 1775
• July 4, 1776

What does the Declaration of Independence state people have a right to do if a government violates their personal rights?

• Replace the President with a king
• Re-write the Constitution
• Change the government
• Hold a new election

What outspoken member of the House of Burgesses is shown here?

• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry

Who was the Commander of the British at Yorktown that surrendered and marked the end of the Revolutionary War?

• General George Washington
• Lord Charles Cornwallis
• General Burgoyne
• Captain Daniel Morgan

One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• denoument
• ennui

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Peasants
• Nobility
• none of the above