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WorksheetsReading (watching) Quiz 10: Revolutions
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is true about the Stamp Act of 1765?
The British parliament believed the increasingly wealthy American colonists should help repay the heavy debts incurred during the Seven Years' War.
It imposed a tax on all printed material in colonial America.
The colonists objected because it was a high tax.
The American colonists objected because they were not represented in the British parliament.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773 led to the repeal of the Stamp Act. (a)
The reaction of the American colonists against the Stamp Act and the later Townsend Act led to a weaker sense of colonial unity. (a)
How many people died during the Boston Massacre of 1770?
(a)
How did the American colonists respond to the British after 1766, when measures such as the Townshend Act of 1767 were introduced?
They introduced a voluntary boycott of imported, British-made consumer goods.
They formed Committees of Correspondence to enforce boycotts of British-made consumer goods.
They used coercion to enforce boycotts of British-made consumer goods.
The Maryland Committee of Correspondence coordinated the armed response in 1775.
The Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence.
What is true about the situation in the American colonies when the American Revolutionary War started in 1775?
Most of the colonists already governed their own affairs.
Most of the colonists had not yet developed a new sense of "national identity", different from being British.
The Committees of Correspondence already conducted a form of foreign policy.
The colonists were free to express their support for the British regime.
What percentage of colonists remained loyal to Britain?
(a)
In order to win support from the colonists, Britain promised to conserve slavery.
True
False
What is true about the American Revolution?
It was one of the first times in the Modern Era when a country was something other than a monarchy.
It secured the right of the government to tax its population.
It extended voting rights to around 50% of the population.
The slaves of African descent, around 30% of the population, remained enslaved.
What is true about the Englightenment?
It was a scientific revolution.
Its ideas influenced the American Revolution.
It was based on humanity's ability to reason.
It was influenced by the Renaissance.
It represented a weakening of the church's influence.
What was not a consequence of the American Revolution?
Widows and daughters could inherit and possess property.
American society came to be seen as being based on equality.
A system of nobility was introduced.
The existing system of privilege was overturned.
In France before 1789, the First Estate was:
the clergy
the king
the nobles
the middle class
the peasants
In France before 1789, the Second Estate was:
the clergy
the king
the nobles
the middle class
the peasants
What was true about the Third Estate?
It was the only estate to pay tax.
It paid tax to the First and Second Estates.
It paid tax to the king.
It included middle class.
It included 20 million peasants.
Why was France heavily in debt in the 1780s?
They had supported the American Revolution.
The wars with Spain had been very costly.
The mismanagement of the finance minister, Jacques Necker.
The wars with Britain had been very costly.
What is not true about the Estates General?
It was composed of representatives from the three estates.
Before Louis summoned it in 1789, it had not been convened for 75 years.
Each of the estates had a single vote.
The Third Estate represented 98% of France's population.
What was the name of the new body established by the Third Estate that drafted a new constitution?
(a)
What is the title of the central document of the revolution?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Citizens
Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms
Who became emperor in 1804 to "protect" the revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
Toussaint Louverture
