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Revolutions Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country did Jose de San Martín and Símon Bolívar lead a revolution against?

a)

Mexico

b)

Portugal

c)

United States

d)

Spain

2.

Why did France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic help the American colonists win their independence from Great Britain?

a)

Other Nations were supplying Great Britain with weapons, troops, and money

b)

Colonists agreed to give up land in North America in return for their support

c)

These nations wanted revenge against the British Empire for earlier defeats

d)

The British refused to recognize the sovereignty of the European monarchs

3.

Which estate/class of French society in the 1700s carried out and represented all the different forms of labor?

a)

Nobility

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Clergy

d)

Peasantry

4.

How were Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires weakened?

a)

The peninsulares lost interest in ruling

b)

The British established new trade routes

c)

Colonial leaders misused their authority

d)

Napoleon overthrew their monarchies in Europe

5.

What was one economic cause of the French Revolution?

a)

More money was channeled to merchants and salesmen

b)

Depleted government to monetary services

c)

An increase in wages among the third estate

d)

The third estate’s inability to purchase essential goods, such as food

6.

Why did many European intellectuals admire the U.S. Revolution, its Constitution, and the Bill of Rights?

a)

The American colonies’ ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed in the enlightenment

b)

Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies

c)

The U.S. Consitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries

d)

All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonist’ had

7.

With the American colonists approving the Declaration of Independence, what would this officially declare?

a)

The right to form a militia

b)

The right to overthrow an oppressive government

c)

The right to meet in public

d)

The right to print their own materials

8.

What was the economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

a)

The Revolutionary War in America

b)

Weak demand for consumer products

c)

Widespread corruption in the government

d)

Bad harvests and over-taxation

9.

Reflecting Enlightenment thought, what did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaim?

a)

The importance of the Bastille

b)

an end to aristocratic privileges

c)

A movement to restore the monarchy

d)

Equal rights for women in political life

10.

What group of people did The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute?

a)

Austrian prisoners

b)

The sans-culottes and other members of the Paris Commune

c)

Counter-revolutionaries and traitors

d)

Robespierre's followers

11.

Which group of revolutions is in chronological order?

a)

English, French, American

b)

French, English, American

c)

English, American, French

d)

French, American, English

12.

“I can no longer obey. I have tasted command. I have tasted power and I cannot give it up. I love power.” - General Napoleon Bonaparte to Andre Francois (1788) Based on this quote from Napoleon, what could his plans be for the future after the French Revolution?

a)

Democratic reformer

b)

Socialist

c)

Imperial dictator

d)

Plebian