American & French Revolutions Unit Test
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1. For which of the following reasons did the American colonists seek independence from England?
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they wanted to join the French empire
they wanted to have a say in their government
England had unleashed submarine attacks
Prussia had New York City
2. Which of the following laws was used by Britain to control American trade?
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Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
Quartering Act
3. Thomas Jefferson incorporated many of the Enlightenment ideas into which of the documents below?
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Declaration of Independence
Northwest Ordinance
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
4. Which Enlightenment philosophe inspired this quote: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights on which include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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Hobbes
Locke
Montesque
Voltaire
5. Which Enlightenment philosophes inspired this portion of the United States Constitution: “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”
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Hobbes
Locke
Montesque
Voltaire
6. A government in which people elect others to represent them is know as?
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Absolutism
Constitutional Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Republic
7. Which of the following was one cause of the French Revolution?
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new taxes on the Second Estate
strong leadership from Louis XVI
the influence of Enlightenment ideas
economic prosperity
8. Before the French Revolution the social structure in France was known as?
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The Old Regime
The Middle Ages
The Age of Revolution
The Renaissance
9. Which of the following groups made up the First Estate in French society?
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the clergy
the nobility
peasants and workers
all of these
10. Which of the following groups made up the Second Estate in French society?
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the clergy
the nobility
peasants and workers
all of these
11. Which of the following groups made up the Third Estate in French society?
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the clergy
the nobility
peasants and workers
all of these
12. Which of the following groups led the Third Estate during the French Revolution?
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San-culottes
Philosophes'
Bourgeoise
Emigres
13. Read the excerpt from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Which of the following provisions of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen would have particularly angered the Second Estate?
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1
9
11
12
14. Read the excerpt from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Which of the following provisions of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen did John Locke inspire?
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1
9
11
12
15. Which of the following problems led Louis XVI to call for a meeting of the Estates-General in 1789?
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War with Austria
a financial crisis
an earthquake
the Reign of Terror
16. Rather than be outvoted 2-1 in the Estates-General, the Third Estate created which of the following?
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Napoleonic Code
National Assembly
the Directory
a Constitutional Monarchy
16. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris fearing that the king would use the French army to disband the National Assembly stormed which of the locations below
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Versailles
Bastille
Eiffel Tower
Tuileries
17. Peasants attacked wealthy nobles with pitchforks and farm tools during which of the following?
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the escape of Louis XVI
Bastille
Great Fear
Reign of Terror
18. Which of the following groups during the French Revolution wanted to get rid of the king entirely?
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Emigres
Jacobines
Royalists
Conservatives
19. During the French Revolution France went to war with which of the following nations after they asked the Legislative assembly to restore Louis XVI?
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Austria and Prussia
Spain and Portugal
Britain and the United States
Italy and Russia
20. Which of the following describes what happened to Louis XVI?
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he was restored as an absolute monarch
he fled to Prussia where he lived out his life
he was arrested and executed in Paris
he led the army during the French Civil War
21. During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to
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. Execute all French nobles
restore the Catholic Church
crush all opposition to the revolution
reinstate the monarchy
22. One characteristic of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution was that
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it limited the power of absolute monarchs
. it illustrated the power of public opinion in forming national policy
established social stability and economic growth
used violent methods to eliminate their opponents
23. In the end, what happened to Robespierre?
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he became King of France
he was exiled to Prussia
he died of small pox
he was executed by guillotine
24. Which of the following individuals ultimately took control of France after he seized power from the Directory?
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Louis XIV
Robespierre
LOUIS XVII
Napoleon
25. Seizing power and taking control of a nation's government is know as which of the following?
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flew d'coup
coup d'Etat
creme brulee
confit de canard
Short Response: In the form of a well written paragraph, explain how the ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the creation of the United States and our government. Be sure to give example from what you have learned in this section.
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