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American and French Revolution Study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Social Contract?

a)

The fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights

b)

Assured women had the right to vote

c)

A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights

d)

Ruler holds total power

2.

Who was King Louis XVI's wife?

a)

Olympe de Gouges

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

3.

What is the Enlightenment?

a)

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason.

b)

One of the most recognized religions in France

c)

A movement that advocated savagery and irrational thinking

d)

The lack of knowledge

4.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

a)

French general who became emperor of the French

b)

French journalist who demanded equal rights for women

c)

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

1st President of the United States

5.

What happened in the Boston Massacre?

a)

A protest against British taxes where Boston American colonists dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor

b)

Incident in 1770 where British troops fired and killed American colonists

c)

A series of laws were passed in 1774

d)

The American Colonies declared independence from Great Britain

6.

Who were the loyalists?

a)

The greatest group of Opera singers

b)

Peasants

c)

British Troops

d)

Americans who supported the British

7.

What is Voltaire know for?

a)

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

French philosopher who believed in freedom.

c)

Believed government should have separation of powers

d)

One of Britain's most valuable militia men.

8.

What is the Stamp Act?

a)

A protest against British taxes

b)

A law that forced women to work for the British King

c)

A law that taxed printed goods, including playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc

d)

The first constitution of the United States

9.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution

b)

The 10 Commandments of God in the Bible

c)

The Taxes the American Colonies had to pay

d)

The French Parliament

10.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

a)

The 7 year French and Indian War

b)

A document that was signed by Marie Antoinette

c)

The document proclaiming the independence of the colonies from Great Britain

d)

The fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights

11.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

a)

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

b)

A series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

c)

An Intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries.

d)

1 clergy, 2 nobility and 3 people

12.

Who were the Patriots?

a)

A group of angry women fighting for bread

b)

The French Second Class

c)

African Slaves

d)

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

13.

What is Militia?

a)

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

b)

The Police Department

c)

A group of Monarchs

d)

Dictatorship

14.

What is the U.S Constitution?

a)

Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States was an independent country

b)

A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed

c)

A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements

d)

Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

15.

Who were the Émigrés?

a)

A group of terrorists

b)

A religion

c)

French nobility who fled the country to escape the Revolution

d)

French for Monarchs

16.

What was the Directory?

a)

Group of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly

b)

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason

c)

Freedom for slaves

d)

The series of events that led to the birth of modern science

17.

What does “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” mean?

a)

A Native American belive

b)

America's Human Rights

c)

Slogan of the French Revolution

d)

George Washington's Slogan

18.

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789

b)

Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States was an independent country

c)

American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

d)

It was a war between the French and their Indian allies and the English

19.

What is the Guillotine?

a)

One of Marie Antoinette's favorite perfume

b)

A machine used for execution during the French Revolution.

c)

Cruel government

d)

A statement/action expressing disapproval of or objection to something

20.

What is Bourgeoisie?

a)

Britain's King in the American Revolution

b)

One of France's most expensive bread

c)

French Monarchs

d)

French middle class