American & French Rev. Flashback

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT...

• Bad Leadership

• Food Shortages

• Social Inequality

• Civil War

Who takes over France after the Reign of terror and the Directory falls apart?

• Napoleon

• King Louis

• Peasants

• Clergy

What group inspired the French and American Revolution?

• The Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Ming Dynasty

• Mogul Empire

Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

The second estate in French Society was made up of....

• King and Nobility

• Clergy

• Peasants

• Merchants

The first two battles of the American Revolutionary War were at ________________ and Concord.

• Yorktown

• Nashville

• Lexington

• Saratoga

Why did Great Britain start taxing the colonist so much?

• they were in debt from exploration

• they were in debt from the French and Indian War

• they wanted to punish the colonist for settling in the colonies

• the colonist needed money for western expansion

What was the Estates General Meeting?

• meeting in America to discuss writing a Constitution

• meeting of all 3 estates in France to discuss the economic problems and monarchy system

• meeting in France to increase taxes on the 3rd Estate

• meeting in America to vote on the President

What estate in French society made the tennis court oath?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

What single event set into motion the French Revolution?

• The battles at Lexington and Concord

• The Storming of Bastille

• The meeting of the Estates General in Versailles

• The battle of Yorktown