Revolutionary Era

Colonists rebelled against the British taxes because...

• they had no money to pay them
• they were not represented in the British Parliament
• the penalties for not paying them were severe
• tax collectors were corrupt

The commander chosen by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army was

• Marquis de Lafayette
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine

What principle in the Declaration of Independence was addressed in the Bill of Rights?

• Personal liberties must be protected from abuse by the government
• the power of the state governments should be limited
• the needs of the government outweigh personal liberties
• All citizens should have the right to vote

Unalienable rights

• guarantee powers to the state governments
• can be exercised only by the Supreme Court
• Can be taken away only by the national government
• belong to every human being regardless of gender, age, or nationality

The idea of natural or unalienable rights, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, was borrowed from...

• Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
• James Madison and George Washington
• William Blackstone and John Locke
• King George III and Benjamin Franklin

Monarch of france during the 1780s

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

• Louis XVI

• Louis XIII

July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

• Storming of the Bastille

• The Great Fear

• Storming of Pompei

• Sandstorm

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety, he and his followers tried to wipe out all traces of France's past monarchies.

• Louis XVI

• Maximillien Robespierre

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Napoleon Bonaparte

The period from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.

• Great Fear

• French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Tennis Court Oath

Why were the people of France starving of hunger?

• They only had wine
• Agricultural crop failure caused a shortage of food
• They sold all the food to Germany
• The King wanted to punish the people