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Western Political Revolutions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the 3 estates paid a majority of the taxes in pre revolution France?

a)

the 1st estate

b)

the 2nd estate

c)

the 3rd estate

d)

the 4th estate

2.

Who was the first commander of the continental army?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

George Washington

3.

Who was the former slave turned French military officer who led the Haitian Revolution?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Toussaint Louveture

c)

Maximillian Robespierre

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

4.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Who was an enlightenment thinker that helped inspired the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

James Hayes

d)

Maximillian Robespierre

6.

Who was the French Monarch executed for high treason during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

George III

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Napoleon I

7.

Which British laws taxed tea, lead, paint, paper, glass, and sugar in the American colonies?

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Townshend Acts

c)

The Boston Port Bill

d)

The Cornwallis Yorktown Bill

8.

Who was elected President of the United States after the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

What type of people made up the 1st Estate?

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Common folk

d)

Revolutionaries

10.

What type of people made up the 2nd Estate?

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Common folk

d)

Jacobins

11.

What type of people made up the 3rd Estate?

a)

Common folk

b)

Clergy

c)

Nobility

d)

Americans

12.

What group was formed during the Tennis Court Oaths?

a)

The National Assembly

b)

The Directory

c)

The 3rd Estate

d)

The Jacobins

13.

What was the significance of the Haitian Revolution?

a)

The Haitian Revolution freed Haiti from Spanish Control

b)

The Haitian Revolution was the most successful slave revolt in history

c)

The Haitian Revolution expanded the French Empire

d)

The Haitian Revolution ended slavery in the New World

14.

Who was the queen during the French Revolution?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Isabella of Castile

c)

Elizabeth II

d)

Anne of Brittany

15.

What was the faction that took control of the national assembly and ordered the execution of the king called?

a)

The Jacobins

b)

The Freedom Party

c)

La Revolutionaries

d)

The Directory

16.

On what charges was Louis XVI executed?

a)

High Treason

b)

Racketeering

c)

Embezzlement

d)

Jaywalking

17.

How many people were executed during the Reign of Terror?

a)

17,000

b)

7,000

c)

170,000

d)

170

18.

Who was the leader of the Jacobins who was executed for being anti-revolution?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Robespierre

c)

Lafayette

d)

Louis XVI

19.

What group was Napoleon a member of before becoming dictator?

a)

The Directory

b)

The National Assembly

c)

The Jacobins

d)

The Continental Army

20.

What British law allowed Allowed British soldiers to live inside occupied American houses and gave unoccupied houses to the British government?

a)

The Boston Port Bill

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Massachusetts Government Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

21.

What city did the Continental Congress meet in?

a)

Philidephia

b)

New York

c)

Washington D.C

d)

Jacksonville

22.

What day was independence voted on by the Continental Congress?

a)

July 4th

b)

July 2nd

c)

July 3rd

d)

July 1st

23.

Which of these are NOT one of the Unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Property

d)

Pursuit of happiness

24.

What was the first governing document of the United States?

a)

The Articles of Confederation

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The United States Constitution

d)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

25.

What was the first successful revolution against a European power?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

The French Revolution

c)

The Haitian Revolution

d)

The Texan Revolution