American, and French Revolution Summative Assessment 2

Why did America want independence from Britain?

• Britain charged taxes without representation. "No taxation without representation!"

• Britain gave more land to Native Americans.

• Britain struggled to help the colonies.

• None of the above.

What major document was written by Thomas Jefferson and inspired by John Locke declared American's independence from Britain?

• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• U.S. Bill of Rights

What country aided the Americans in the American Revolution?

• Netherlands

• Belgium

• France

• Germany

What effect did the American Revolution have on the French people?

• The American Revolution inspired the French people to overthrow their government.

• The American Revolution showed the French that they could NOT overthrow the government.

• The American Revolution did not effect the French people.

• The American Revolution taught the French how to fight in the revolution.

Commoners make up 97% of the population including doctors, lawyers, farmers, merchants, and peasants from which estate?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

The Catholic Church officials (Clergy) represented 1% of the population from which estate?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Nobility (landowners) represented 2% of the population from which estate?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

What enlightenment ideas from John Locke inspired the French Revolution?

• natural rights

• the right to overthrow the government

• life, liberty, and the right to own property

• all of the above

What was the main cause of the French Revolution?

• a growing French empire

• unequal taxes and the 3rd estate paid all the taxes

• a law granting peasants more freedom

• equal land ownership

What was one of the first major events in the French Revolution?

• storming of the Bastille for gunpowder

• Reign of Terror

• execution of Louis XVI

• return of Napoleon Bonaparte