Western Political Revolutions

Which of the 3 estates paid a majority of the taxes in pre revolution France?

• the 1st estate

• the 2nd estate

• the 3rd estate

• the 4th estate

Who was the first commander of the continental army?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Stonewall Jackson

• George Washington

Who was the former slave turned French military officer who led the Haitian Revolution?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Toussaint Louveture

• Maximillian Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Who was an enlightenment thinker that helped inspired the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• James Hayes

• Maximillian Robespierre

Who was the French Monarch executed for high treason during the Reign of Terror?

• Louis XVI

• George III

• Charlemagne

• Napoleon I

Which British laws taxed tea, lead, paint, paper, glass, and sugar in the American colonies?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• The Boston Port Bill

• The Cornwallis Yorktown Bill

Who was elected President of the United States after the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

What type of people made up the 1st Estate?

• Clergy

• Nobility

• Common folk

• Revolutionaries

What type of people made up the 2nd Estate?

• Clergy

• Nobility

• Common folk

• Jacobins