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WorksheetsRevolutions Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
What country did Jose de San Martín and Símon Bolívar lead a revolution against?
Mexico
Portugal
United States
Spain
Why did France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic help the American colonists win their independence from Great Britain?
Other Nations were supplying Great Britain with weapons, troops, and money
Colonists agreed to give up land in North America in return for their support
These nations wanted revenge against the British Empire for earlier defeats
The British refused to recognize the sovereignty of the European monarchs
Which estate/class of French society in the 1700s carried out and represented all the different forms of labor?
Nobility
Bourgeoisie
Clergy
Peasantry
How were Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires weakened?
The peninsulares lost interest in ruling
The British established new trade routes
Colonial leaders misused their authority
Napoleon overthrew their monarchies in Europe
What was one economic cause of the French Revolution?
More money was channeled to merchants and salesmen
Depleted government to monetary services
An increase in wages among the third estate
The third estate’s inability to purchase essential goods, such as food
Why did many European intellectuals admire the U.S. Revolution, its Constitution, and the Bill of Rights?
The American colonies’ ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed in the enlightenment
Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies
The U.S. Consitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries
All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonist’ had
With the American colonists approving the Declaration of Independence, what would this officially declare?
The right to form a militia
The right to overthrow an oppressive government
The right to meet in public
The right to print their own materials
What was the economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution?
The Revolutionary War in America
Weak demand for consumer products
Widespread corruption in the government
Bad harvests and over-taxation
Reflecting Enlightenment thought, what did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaim?
The importance of the Bastille
an end to aristocratic privileges
A movement to restore the monarchy
Equal rights for women in political life
What group of people did The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute?
Austrian prisoners
The sans-culottes and other members of the Paris Commune
Counter-revolutionaries and traitors
Robespierre's followers
Which group of revolutions is in chronological order?
English, French, American
French, English, American
English, American, French
French, American, English
“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?
Democratic reformer
Socialist
Imperial dictator
Plebian
