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American/ French Revolution

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________________ = a representative house where each estate gets a vote

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

National Assembly

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Estates General

2.

Who leads the Reign of Terror?

a)

Oliver Cromwell

b)

Maximilian Robespierre

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Selim the Grim

3.

What event inspired French and Latin American Revolutions?

a)

American Revolution

b)

Commercial Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

European Revolutions

4.

Identify how the American Revolution contributed to the French Revolution.

a)

Inspired the French to break free of English rule

b)

Provided a successful example of overthrowing a monarchy

c)

Inspired the King of France to establish colonies in Africa

d)

Inspired the King of France to start a French democracy.

5.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
6.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
7.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
8.
When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to 
a)
leave the city
b)
storm the Bastille
c)
force the King to come to Paris
d)
none of the above
9.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
10.

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

a)

all the estates were taxed equally

b)

the upper classes paid the most taxes

c)

the poorest classes paid all the taxes

d)

the third estate was the wealthiest

11.

The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

freedom

d)

treaty

12.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
13.
What was added to the U.S.Constitution to guarantee that people's individual freedoms would be protected under the law?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Petition of Right
c)
Habeas Corpus
d)
Preamble
14.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the American colonies?
a)
Led to new taxes they did not vote on
b)
Led to more wars with the French
c)
They lost their land to Native Americans
d)
The British established military law in the colonies
15.
Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
16.
What event is depicted in this image?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
17.
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led members of the Sons of Liberty in this protest against taxes.
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Stamp Act Congress
18.

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, spoke about the colonies becoming independent from Great Britain.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Olive Branch Petition

d)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

19.

Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

a)

George Washington

b)

Nathanael Greene

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Baron von Steuben

20.

Jefferson's political ideas were influenced by the ______________________, a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Scientific Revolution

c)

Great Awakening

d)

French Revolution

21.

Jefferson was inspired by Enlightenment thinker ___________ _____________, who believed that people have natural rights—rights that belong to them simply because they are human.

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

22.
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness were...
a)
Unalienable rights
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Freedom to live
d)
Will Smith movie

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