World History II: The American and French Revolutions

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

The impact of mercantilism was that

• The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

• Trade was limited in the Atlantic

• The Colony grew wealthy

• The Mother Country grew wealthy

What war led Britain to a financial crisis and encouraged them to begin taxing the American colonists?

• The French and Indian War

• The Hundred Years' War

• The War of Spanish Succession

• The Napoleonic Wars

What was meant by the colonial protest slogan, "No taxation without representation"?

• The colonists wanted to be equal partners in the British empire.

• The colonists didn't want to pay any taxes.

• The colonists wanted to establish their own local governments before they would submit to paying taxes.

• The colonists wanted a republican form of government.

Which Enlightenment idea is clearly seen in the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence? The idea of . . .

• natural rights.

• the right of private property.

• limited government.

• checks and balances.

Monarch of France during the French Revolution. He was beheaded and charged with treason for trying to flee France.

• King Louis XVI

• King Louis XIV

• Marie Antoinnette

• Robespierre

Members of the clergy were part of the . . .

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate General

The nobles, who owned a significant percentage of France's wealth and land, also paid no taxes. They were part of the . . .

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estates General

The middle class, urban workers, and rural peasants made up 98% of France's population. They also paid all the taxes. They were part of the . . .

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate System

What wasn't one of the three estates during the French Revolution

• Clergy

• Commoners

• Serfs

• Nobilty