WorksheetsWestern Political Revolutions
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the 3 estates paid a majority of the taxes in pre revolution France?
the 1st estate
the 2nd estate
the 3rd estate
the 4th estate
Who was the first commander of the continental army?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Stonewall Jackson
George Washington
Who was the former slave turned French military officer who led the Haitian Revolution?
Marquis de Lafayette
Toussaint Louveture
Maximillian Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Who was an enlightenment thinker that helped inspired the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
James Hayes
Maximillian Robespierre
Who was the French Monarch executed for high treason during the Reign of Terror?
Louis XVI
George III
Charlemagne
Napoleon I
Which British laws taxed tea, lead, paint, paper, glass, and sugar in the American colonies?
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Port Bill
The Cornwallis Yorktown Bill
Who was elected President of the United States after the American Revolution?
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
What type of people made up the 1st Estate?
Clergy
Nobility
Common folk
Revolutionaries
What type of people made up the 2nd Estate?
Clergy
Nobility
Common folk
Jacobins
What type of people made up the 3rd Estate?
Common folk
Clergy
Nobility
Americans
What group was formed during the Tennis Court Oaths?
The National Assembly
The Directory
The 3rd Estate
The Jacobins
What was the significance of the Haitian Revolution?
The Haitian Revolution freed Haiti from Spanish Control
The Haitian Revolution was the most successful slave revolt in history
The Haitian Revolution expanded the French Empire
The Haitian Revolution ended slavery in the New World
Who was the queen during the French Revolution?
Marie Antoinette
Isabella of Castile
Elizabeth II
Anne of Brittany
What was the faction that took control of the national assembly and ordered the execution of the king called?
The Jacobins
The Freedom Party
La Revolutionaries
The Directory
On what charges was Louis XVI executed?
High Treason
Racketeering
Embezzlement
Jaywalking
How many people were executed during the Reign of Terror?
17,000
7,000
170,000
170
Who was the leader of the Jacobins who was executed for being anti-revolution?
Napoleon
Robespierre
Lafayette
Louis XVI
What group was Napoleon a member of before becoming dictator?
The Directory
The National Assembly
The Jacobins
The Continental Army
What British law allowed Allowed British soldiers to live inside occupied American houses and gave unoccupied houses to the British government?
The Boston Port Bill
The Quartering Act
The Massachusetts Government Act
The Townshend Acts
What city did the Continental Congress meet in?
Philidephia
New York
Washington D.C
Jacksonville
What day was independence voted on by the Continental Congress?
July 4th
July 2nd
July 3rd
July 1st
Which of these are NOT one of the Unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
Property
Pursuit of happiness
What was the first governing document of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Constitution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
What was the first successful revolution against a European power?
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
The Texan Revolution
