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American and French Revolutions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To recover from the heavy costs of the French and Indian War, what did the British government impose on their colonies? One policy that imposed this was the Stamp Act of 1765.

a)

Forced labor

b)

New taxes

c)

Trade regulations

2.

What organization was established by women who wanted to demonstrate their loyalty to the American revolutionary movement?

a)

Social Circle

b)

Continental Army

c)

Daughters of Liberty

3.

What caused the Boston Massacre?

a)

Orders from the British authorities to eliminate American revolutionaries in Boston

b)

Tension during a protest in the Custom House in Boston

c)

Britain's anger because of the Boston Tea Party

4.

What significant event happened on December 16, 1773? This showed the Americans' defiance of the British rule.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Storming of Bastille

5.

What was the content of the letter of Abigail Adams to her husband?

a)

An outline of the rights that men and women must equally enjoy

b)

An explanation about the separation of the 13 Colonies from Britain

c)

A reminder for the legislators to remember women when creating new laws for the new government

6.

Which of these marked the end of the US' Revolutionary War against Britain?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Boston

7.

The French tried to abolish the following through the French Revolution, EXCEPT...

a)

Corporal Punishment

b)

Monarchy

c)

Feudal System

8.

Which political party represented "the people" or the regular citizens of France?

a)

Cercle Social

b)

Third Estate

c)

The Directory

9.

Which significant event caused Paris to fall out of the King's control and into the control of the Third Estate?

a)

Collapse of the Estates-General

b)

Storming of Bastille

c)

Third Estate Rally

10.

Which document outlined the rights of man and asserted that the rights of man are universal, valid at all times and in every place, and is human nature itself?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Rights of Woman and Citizen

c)

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

11.

What punishment did the French place upon King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

a)

Burning at the stake

b)

Beheading

c)

Life imprisonment

12.

Which event marked the end of the French Revolution?

a)

Establishment of the French Republic

b)

Bonaparte's coup d’état

c)

Reign of Terror