Enlightenment and Revolutions

Select the choices that are causes of the French Revolution.

• Inspiration from American Revolution

• Enlightenment Ideas

• Strong economy

• Low food prices

• Inequality among the 3 Estates

What did the poor people break off from the French government to do?

• To raise taxes of the the Third Estate

• Write a constitution for France and limit the king's power

• To make plans to storm the Bastille

Declaration of the Rights of Man...

• ... explained why the British colonies should be free

• ... listed the natural rights of citizens in revolutionary France

• ... abolished the monarchy

Prior to the French Revolution, all of the following were reasons why France was struggling economically except

• High taxes

• Soaring prices

• Failing crops

• Controversial elections

Before independence, Haiti was a colony of _____.

• Great Britain
• France
• The United States
• Belgium

_____ and _____ were the primary crops grown in Haiti.

• tobacco; cotton
• sugar; coffee
• opium; rice
• cotton; tea

Slaves made up ___% of the Haitian population.

• 25
• 50
• 80
• 90

Who led the Haitian Revolution?

• St. Domingue

• Vincent Oge

• Toussaint L'Overture

• Thomas Jefferson

What sparked unrest in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) in 1789?

• The Petit Blancs seized the city of Port-au-Prince.

• Some slaves heard about the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Grand Blancs had revoked freedom from the Wealthy People of Color.

• Napoleon had come to power and wanted to increase slavery in the colony.

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False