Unit 4 Test Review

An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Congressional Assembly

Why did the French King Louis XVI call the Estates General to meet in 1789?

• To discuss creating a democracy

• To discuss the financial problems of the French government

• To declare war on Great Britain

• All of the above

• None of the above

This Enlightenment thinker believed in the natural rights of mankind; life, liberty, and property. These ideas strongly influenced the Declaration of Independence.

• Toussaint Louverture

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de Lafayette

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Ideas of the Enlightenment

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(b) Ideas of Ethnic Nationalism

• Reason, not religions, can be used to fix problems

• A shared language, ancestry, and heritage join people together

• Shared threats often unite people

• Equality

• Led to revolts against the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires

• Individual liberty

What country did Haiti gain its independence from ___?

• France
• England
•  Spain
• The United States

What percentage of Saint Dominique's population did slaves make up?

• 90%

• 75%

• 40%

• 99%

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) American Revolution

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(b) Haitian Revolution

• Did not abolish slavery

• Started as a dispute over taxes

• Inspired by French Revolution

• Abolished slavery

• Was about human rights and racial equality

• Inspired by Enlightenment ideas, particularly individual liberty

The Haitian Revolution was the first completely successful _____ revolt in world history.

• Slave

• Slave Owner

• Petit Blanc

When did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4,1776

• August 2, 1776

• April 18, 1776

• December 16, 1773