Revolutions Review

What country did Jose de San Martín and Símon Bolívar lead a revolution against?

• Mexico

• Portugal

• United States

• Spain

Why did France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic help the American colonists win their independence from Great Britain?

• Other Nations were supplying Great Britain with weapons, troops, and money

• Colonists agreed to give up land in North America in return for their support

• These nations wanted revenge against the British Empire for earlier defeats

• The British refused to recognize the sovereignty of the European monarchs

Which estate/class of French society in the 1700s carried out and represented all the different forms of labor?

• Nobility

• Bourgeoisie

• Clergy

• Peasantry

How were Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires weakened?

• The peninsulares lost interest in ruling

• The British established new trade routes

• Colonial leaders misused their authority

• Napoleon overthrew their monarchies in Europe

What was one economic cause of the French Revolution?

• More money was channeled to merchants and salesmen

• Depleted government to monetary services

• An increase in wages among the third estate

• The third estate’s inability to purchase essential goods, such as food

Why did many European intellectuals admire the U.S. Revolution, its Constitution, and the Bill of Rights?

• The American colonies’ ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed in the enlightenment

• Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies

• The U.S. Consitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries

• All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonist’ had

With the American colonists approving the Declaration of Independence, what would this officially declare?

• The right to form a militia

• The right to overthrow an oppressive government

• The right to meet in public

• The right to print their own materials

What was the economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

• The Revolutionary War in America

• Weak demand for consumer products

• Widespread corruption in the government

• Bad harvests and over-taxation

Reflecting Enlightenment thought, what did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaim?

• The importance of the Bastille

• an end to aristocratic privileges

• A movement to restore the monarchy

• Equal rights for women in political life

What group of people did The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute?

• Austrian prisoners

• The sans-culottes and other members of the Paris Commune

• Counter-revolutionaries and traitors

• Robespierre's followers