Revolutions

What most likely inspired political revolutions in the late 1700-1800s?

• People wanted representation in creating the rules that would govern them.

• People wanted to give the monarchies absolute power.

• People wanted reforms in the church.

• People wanted no government.

Why was the storming of the Bastille influential to the start of the French Revolution?

• Because it freed many political prisoners.

• Because it made the king realize he had lost power over the people.

• Because it was Napoleon's first important military victory.

• Because it resulted in the death of King Louis XVI.

What is the best title for this list?:

* Unfair tax laws on the colonists.

* Taxation without representation in Parliament.

* Excessively high taxes to pay for the French & Indian War debt.

• Causes of the Haitian Revolution.

• Causes of the French Revolution.

• Causes of the American Revolution.

• Causes of the Russian Revolution.

A militia is:

• A citizen army.

• A movement to end slavery.

• An overthrow of a government.

• A document that describes how a country will be governed.

Nationalism is:

• Biased information used to persuade public opinion.

• A change in government in which the new group leaders seize power forcefully.

• Desire for people of the same customs and beliefs to self-rule.

• An overthrow of a government.

The BEST definition for the term revolution is:

• An overthrow of a government.

• A change in government in which the new leader seizes power by force.

• To protest by refusing to do something.

• The act of disagreeing about an idea by having an organized public demonstration of disapproval.

A constitution is:

• A movement to end slavery.

• A document that describes how a country will be governed and gives rights to citizens.

• Biased information used to persuade public opinion.

• Desire for people of the same customs and beliefs to self-rule.

Propaganda is:

• A document that describes how a country will be governed and guarantees its citizens certain rights.

• An overthrow of a government.

• Biased information used to persuade public opinion.

• A movement to end slavery.

Liberty is:

• A desire for people of the same customs and beliefs to self-rule.

• To protect by refusing to do something.

• An overthrow of a government.

• Freedom.

Protest is:

• An overthrow of a government.

• The act of disagreeing to an idea or course of action by having an organized public demonstration.

• To protest to refuse to do something.

• A movement to end slavery.