World History Topic 3.5 and 3.6 Study Guide

About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

95% or 97%

This document proved to be too weak to rule to address this problem, the nation's leaders gathered one more time and hammered out the U.S. Constitution

Articles of Confederation

Which of the following was a symbol of injustices, tyranny, inequalities, and oppression?

Bastille

The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to

Boston Tea Party

Name of the growing middle class in the Third estate.

Bourgeoisie

The third estate was made up of common people in France. As the Revolution neared, there was a growing middle class that sat at the top of the Third. Who were these people

Bourgeoisie

The First Estate was made up of this group.

Clergy

In colonial America, geography most directly influenced

Economic activities

As 1788 came to a close, France tottered on the verge of bread riots were spreading, and nobles, fearful of taxes, were denouncing royal tyranny. A baffled Louis XVI finally summoned the ?to meet at Versailles the following year.

Estates General

Louis XVI summoned ? as France started to politically and economically collapse.

Estates General

Jacques Necker

Financial expert under Louis XVI

The most significant event that led to the American Revolution was the?. This event forced the British government to start taxing the colonists and enforcing the laws more so than ever before.

French/Indian War

What are the causes of the French Revolution?

French/Indian War, Lavish court proceedings for the monarchy, deficit spending

As tensions rose in 1774 between the colonies and England, representatives from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. What colony was absent and what was their main objective?

Georgia

"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, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness..." This statement best expresses the philosophy of

John Locke

On what date do French citizens celebrate the birth of modern France?

July 14

In 1760, ? began a 60 year reign. Unlike his father and grandfather, the new king was born in England. He was eager to recover the powers of the crown had lost since the ?

King George III/Glorious Revolution

Which of the following was not a member of the Third Estate?

Kings, Bishops

The Third Estate was made up of this group.

Middle class and commoners or common people such as doctors, layers, and beggars

The Second Estate was made up of this group.

Nobility

Some women were disappointed that they were not granted equal rights and equal citizenship. ? demanded equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman

Olympe de Gouges

Some women were disappointed that they were not granted equal rights and equal. ? demanded equal rights in her Declaration of Rights of Woman. She proclaimed, " her rights are the same as those of man.

Olympes de Gouges

In June of 1791, after two years of being held hostage, the king and queen and their children tried to escape to Austria. They were caught in a French town disguised as servants. This failed escaped proved to the people of France that the monarch was a traitor to the revolution. Shortly after the return of the king and queen new problems arose and France enter a new stage of the revolution called the

Radical Phase

Like the countryside, Paris, too, was in turmoil. As the capital and chief city of France, it was the center of the revolution. As Paris burned, a variety of factions attempted to take control. Which of the groups was fairly moderate and was the first group to don the tricolor?

San' Culottes or National Guard

Although the first constitution of the U.S. proved to be too weak, this incident was the final straw and proved the government could not protect its own people

Shay's Rebellion

Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their

Social class

This event marked the beginning of the French Revolution

Storming of the Bastille

A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.

Tennis Court Oath

In such desperate times, rumors ran tales of attacks on villages and towns spread. A wave of panic swept the countryside. Fearful of plots by aristocrats to undermine the revolution, defiant peasants set fire to old manor records and houses. This event was known as the:

The Great Fear

Were the colonists justified in resisting British policies after the French and Indian War and were the origins of the American Revolution primarily economic or ideological?

The colonists were justified in resisting British policies after the French/Indian War. The origins of the American Revolution were primarily both economic and ideological because the British were taxing them and enforced regulations on them and they found this unfair. This led to ideas of self government ideas.

In June of 1791, after two years of being held The king and queen and their children tried to escape to Austria. In what town were they discovered?

Varennes

Finally in 1781 with the help of a French fleet, General Washington forced the surrender of a British army at ? . With that defeat, the British war effort crumbled.

Yorktown, VA

August Decrees

abolished feudalism

One way in which the Glorious Revolution in England, the French Revolution, and the American Revolution are similar is that each revolution

challenged the role and power of the monarch

Shay's Rebellion of 1786 was significant because it

convinced many Americans of the need for a stronger national government

Second continental congress

declared independence from Great Britian

During the middle ages the church exerted great influence throughout the western world. By 1789, the church still enjoyed enormous wealth and privileges. What were some of the privileges the Church enjoyed

didn't pay taxes or collected money through taxes, owned 10% of land

"If man in the state of nature is free, if he is absolute lord of his own person and possessions, why will he give up his freedom? Why will he put himself under the control of any person or institution? The obvious anser is that righs in the state of nature are constantly exposed to teh attack of others..." This statmetn provides support for

formation of government based on a social contract

Ist continental congress

gathering of delegates to determine what was the next move after parliament passed the coercive acts

European Enlightenment writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America's colonial development by providing

ideas about self-government and political rights

The American and French Revolutions were turning points in global history because the results of these revolutions

inspired other peoples seeking democracy and independence

On Oct 5th, 6000 women marched from Paris to Versailles. They demanded to see the king and queen. Much of the anger was directed at Marie Antoinette for which of the following reasons

lavish, extravagant lifestyle or she was austrian, she said let them eat cake

Cahiers

list of grievances

Britan's rise to global prominence had multiple. Which of the following was probably the most important reason why it would eventually be the strongest nation?

location

national guard

moderate faction

"Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

national motto of France

Name three major ciites in the coloines

philidelphia, boston, new york

The authors of the Articles of Confederation established a decentralized/weak political system mainly to

prevent the abuses of power that had existed under British rule

thomas Jefferson

principal author of the U.S. Constitution

Paris commune

radical faction

One of the first concerns of the National Assembly was the national debt. To pay off the huge government debt- much of it owed to the bourgeoisie- the National Assembly voted to

take over the Church lands or end papal authority over the church, place the church under state control

democracy

talks about liberty, B and D

Did the first estate have to pay taxes?

they did not have to pay taxes

To pay off the huge government debt-much of it owed to the bourgeoisie- the National Assembly voted to

took over and sold Church lands

Battle of Saratoga

turning point in the war