WorksheetsAmerican and French Revolution Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the Social Contract?
The fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights
Assured women had the right to vote
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights
Ruler holds total power
Who was King Louis XVI's wife?
Olympe de Gouges
Marquis de Lafayette
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the Enlightenment?
A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason.
One of the most recognized religions in France
A movement that advocated savagery and irrational thinking
The lack of knowledge
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
French general who became emperor of the French
French journalist who demanded equal rights for women
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
1st President of the United States
What happened in the Boston Massacre?
A protest against British taxes where Boston American colonists dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor
Incident in 1770 where British troops fired and killed American colonists
A series of laws were passed in 1774
The American Colonies declared independence from Great Britain
Who were the loyalists?
The greatest group of Opera singers
Peasants
British Troops
Americans who supported the British
What is Voltaire know for?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
French philosopher who believed in freedom.
Believed government should have separation of powers
One of Britain's most valuable militia men.
What is the Stamp Act?
A protest against British taxes
A law that forced women to work for the British King
A law that taxed printed goods, including playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc
The first constitution of the United States
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
The 10 Commandments of God in the Bible
The Taxes the American Colonies had to pay
The French Parliament
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The 7 year French and Indian War
A document that was signed by Marie Antoinette
The document proclaiming the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
The fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights
What were the Intolerable Acts?
A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
A series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
An Intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries.
1 clergy, 2 nobility and 3 people
Who were the Patriots?
A group of angry women fighting for bread
The French Second Class
African Slaves
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
What is Militia?
A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
The Police Department
A group of Monarchs
Dictatorship
What is the U.S Constitution?
Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States was an independent country
A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed
A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
Who were the Émigrés?
A group of terrorists
A religion
French nobility who fled the country to escape the Revolution
French for Monarchs
What was the Directory?
Group of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly
A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason
Freedom for slaves
The series of events that led to the birth of modern science
What does “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” mean?
A Native American belive
America's Human Rights
Slogan of the French Revolution
George Washington's Slogan
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789
Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States was an independent country
American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender
It was a war between the French and their Indian allies and the English
What is the Guillotine?
One of Marie Antoinette's favorite perfume
A machine used for execution during the French Revolution.
Cruel government
A statement/action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
What is Bourgeoisie?
Britain's King in the American Revolution
One of France's most expensive bread
French Monarchs
French middle class
