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Worksheets21.1 American/French Revolution
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 26mins
Read the list below.
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Coup d'état
Elimination of the Directory
Dissolution of the Consulate
Establishment of imperial form of government
Which title best replaces the question mark in the list?
King Louis XVI' Fall from Power
Early Stages of the French Revolution
Napoleon's Takeover of the French Government
Impact of the Congress of Vienna on France
What change in French society does this illustration reveal?
The Third Estate accepted new leaders in the national government
The upper classes granted new freedoms and privileges to the Third Estate.
The Third Estate was more educated and rebelled against the upper classes
The upper classes lacked the money to improve conditions for the Third Estate.
What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) make official?
France's decision to aid the American Revolution
the United States' independence from Britain
the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
the end of the French Monarchy
Which group adopted the Declaration of Independence?
Sons of Liberty
Constitutional Convention
Virginia House of Burgesses
Second Continental Congress
What happened at the 1789 meeting of the Estates-General?
Delegates chose to abolish the monarchy
Delegates disagreed about the voting rules
Delegates proposed a Declaration of Rights
Delegates established the Committee for Public Safety
Features of the Articles of Confederation
Formed a confederation of independent states
Established a national legislature with limited powers
Gave states equal power in the national legislature
Excluded executive and judicial branches at the national level.
Why did these features lead to the writing of the U.S Constitution?
They delayed the final outcome of the Revolutionary War
They prevented states from writing their own laws
They provided American colonists with weak protections against government tyranny
They made the central government too weak to address the young nation's problems.
Which statement describes a long-term impact of the French Revolution?
It established new trade policies with foreign nations
It spread democracy across much of the European continent
It changed the balance of power from Western to Eastern Europe
It showed that united action by a population could result in social reform
Which event best replaces the question mark on this timeline?
Napoleon takes charge of the army
Voting rights are granted to peasants
Catholic Church is ejected from France
Limitations are placed on the power of the king
Which group best replaces the question mark in the table?
Foreign citizens
Revolutionary leaders
Soldiers and military officers
Members of the middle class
Read the excerpt below.
“By an act made in the last session of parliament, several duties were granted . . . towards [paying] the [expenses] of defending, protecting, and securing, the British colonies and plantations in America . . . . we, your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects . . . have therefore resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the several rates and duties herein after mentioned . . .[that] shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, throughout the colonies and plantations in America . . .”— The Stamp Act, 1765
Which development led to the requirements described in this excerpt?
The First Continental Congress met
The Declaration of Independence was written
The British revoked the Massachusetts Charter
The French and Indian War left Great Britain in debt
1. Read the list below.
Features of the Napoleonic Code
· Outlawed feudalism Protected freedom of religion
· Upheld the concept of equality for all men Limited the rights of women and children
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Which feature best replaces the question mark in the list?
Made civil laws simple and consistent
Required national vote to declare war
Established military control of criminal courts
Expanded the power of the clergy and aristocrats
Which factor contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution?
increased conflict among Catholic clergy
a lack of opportunities for economic mobility
King Louis XVI's unexpected alliance with Great Britain
a wave of immigration that cost middle-class artisans their jobs
Which body made decisions that redrew the boundaries of Europe?
the Consulate
the Estates-General
the Congress of Vienna
the Roman Catholic Church
Read the excerpt below.
“. . . there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control, for the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence of an oppressor.”— Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748
The ideas expressed in this excerpt most directly influenced which feature of the American political system?
the organization of a legislative branch with two houses
the creation of a system of checks and balances
the establishment of the offices of president and vice president
the division of authority between the state and central governments
Based on this excerpt, what was a goal of the French revolutionaries?
to give the peasants a set amount of free land
to make the king share power with the people
to have the nobility collect most of the taxes
to ban the government from levying taxes
The American Revolution brought which long-term change to the United States?
State and Federal powers became more unbalanced
Individual rights were explicitly protected by the Constitution
The government lost most of its capability to fight foreign enemies
British culture and values were replaced by French culture and values
Read the excerpt below.
"...reason...teaches all mankind...that being all equal...no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions..."
--John Locke, Second Treaties on Civil Government, 1690
The idea expressed in this excerpt directly influenced which development?
French support of the American colonial armed forces
Passage of the Intolerable Acts
Drafting of the Declaration of Independence
Creation of the Continental army
1. Read the excerpt below.
“We . . . solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body [Politic], for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most [suitable] and convenient for the general Good of the Colony.”
— Mayflower Compact, 1620
The ideas expressed in the excerpt directly influenced the
American colonists’ views on self-government
French monarchy's opinions about social order
British government's position on representation
United States' relations with England after the revolution
