Revolutions

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

What inspired the revolutions in Latin America?

• The American and French Revolutions
• The Russian Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution
• The French and Russian Revolutions

Why did the British start imposing heavy taxes on the colonists in North America? 

• Revenge
• To show who was boss
• To pay for the 100 Years War
• Felt like the colonists needed to help repay the debt from the French and Indian War

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

• Thomas Hobbes
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Wollestoncraft

Which Enlightenment thinker helped shape Thomas Jefferson’s writing in the Declaration of Independence? 

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Voltaire

Formed by members of the Third Estate to make reforms on behalf of the French people. 

• National Assembly
• Estates General

Which group of people in France made up 97% of the population and had to pay most of the taxes? 

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Fourth Estate

What building did the French people storm looking for gunpowder and weapons?

• The Bastille
• The Louvre
• The Arc de Triumph
• The Palace at Versailles

What group was at the top of the Latin American social classes?

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Mulattos

Who led the slaves in Haiti in a revolt against France?

• Miguel Hidalgo
• Simon Bolivar
• Toussaint L'Ouverture 
• Jose de San Martin