AP EURO French Revolution Test

Russia suggests the division of Poland because

They feared enemies from Prussia and Austria and knew they would agree

In Wallachia and Moldavia preisthood were desirable for sons of poor families because

They were excluded from paying taxes

How did ruler's gain power in the 18th century state system?

Through marriage, inheritance or warefare

Robert Walpole

Was the chancellor of the Exchequer in 1721

What became the foundation of the French society?

Wealth

Pocket Boroughs

Were political districts where elected reps where there when there was no opposition

The Middling sort was known as the ____ in france

bourgeouisie

How did Burke feel about universal male suffrage?

called ordinary people "the swinish multitude"

One obstacle to rapid industrial development was

guild held monopolies on trade and production

What percentage of the population made up the third estate?

95%

French Segur Law of 1782

A. High officies in army were held by those with at least 4 gens of nobility on fathers side

On what day was the Bastille attacked?

A. July 14, 1789

The National Assembly handled the new constitution, giving them the name

A. The Constituent Assembly

The Nobles of the Sword were

A. The older wealthy landowners

What was the problem of the South Sea Company?

A. it held the nations debt and sold stock to private investors to pay dividends to the first investors

Which three causes provoked the French Revolution?

A. poor harvests, population needs food

These were some reforms that Sweden made under King Christian VII.

Abolished censorship and death penalty to theives

Who invented Caste iron?

Abraham Darby

The British Indian Company was

Also a military force

Adam Smith Wrote

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

In December 1788, The King of France did which of the following

B. Agreed to double the amount of reps of the 3rd estate

Which advisor continued to get loans despite bad economic conditions?

B. Jacques Necker

What has roots to the French Revolution?

B. Modern nationalism

In 171, King Louis XV closed

B. Parliament of Paris

Which of the following were desperate to maintain their privileges and status:

B. The nobles of the sword

The War of Jenkin's Ear in 1739 was

Began when a member of parliament held up the severed ear of Capt Jenkins by a Spanish sword

What were the Intolerable Acts of 1773

Bostons Port was closed until reimbursed for the tea dumping

This religious group was restricted from voting, serving in public office and could not have weapons

C. Catholics

Which the following best characterizes Burke's reflection on the Revolution in France?

C. It condemned the violence and anarchy of the French Revolution

The Nobles of the Robe were

C. Newly wealthy landowners

The most basic reason for the French Rev was

C. The 1780s financial crisis

A vocal element in the French Revolution, the sans- culottes were

C. The urban working class

A primary factor in the influence of the san-culottes in the French Revolution of 1789 was

C. Their alliances with the Jacobins

The Storming of the Bastille was

C. When some 80,000 people marches, brandished weapons

These were signs of recognizable respectability

Cafes and stockings

Tailors were jailed without trial of caught striking in Britain under this law

Combintation Act

These guilds were given monopolies to produce or sell by rulers

Corporate

Where did Jean Sylvain Bailly lead the National Assembly when they couldn't get into their hall because of repairs?

D. Tennis Courts

The Abbe Sieyes exerted a major influence on the French Revolution through his book

D. The Third Estate

2/3 of the French budget was spent on what?

Debt

One reason it was beneficial to have a large factory was

Easy to supervise workers

Irish born political theorist who said that British Constitution is a "mixed constitution"- one between abritrary power and anarchy

Edmund Burke

He led a peasant rebellion against Russian Lords; captured and hung in a cage

Emeliov Pugachev

Thomas Malthus

Essay on the Principles of Population

What was the stamp act of 1765?

Had to have a stamp for anything printed

Who forged financial figures

Jacques Necker

Who published a newspaper called North Briton and challenged the signing of the Treaty of Paris and the king himself- Parliament giving him immunity and creating the freedom of the press.

John Wilkes

Which British title was non hereditary

Knight

Catherine the Great's Charter of 1785

Made peasants personally bound to nobles

These guilds over saw the training of the skills which instituted Tour de France

Master

Who resisted reform?

Nobles of the sword

These economic thinkers believed land was the source of all wealth and you had to use it wisely

Physiocrats

Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents in 1770 was about

Political Parties

Who invented the water frame which combined spindles and rollers

Richard Arkwright

Seignorial Rights are

Rights nobles have over peasants

Louis XIV attempted to make some serious changes under what chancellor?

Robert Turgot

Daniel Defoe wrote

Robinson Crusoe

The most significant invention of the 1700's was the

Steam Engine

In 1707 the Act of Union

The joining of England, Wales, Scotland