Reasons for Revolution Quiz

Question 1

Revolution

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A sudden and dramatic change to something significant within a society. In the fields of history and political science, it is a radical change in the established order, usually the established government and social institutions.

Question 2

Enlightenment

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a period of time between the 17th and 18th centuries when people began to emphasize reasoning. People questioned why everything was the way it was. For example, what basic rights do people have, what style of government is best, why do we have a king? etc…

Question 3

reason

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statement or fact that explains why something is the way it is, why someone does, thinks, or says something, or why someone behaves a certain way.

Question 3

salon

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meetings of people who discussed new ideas emerging from the Enlightenment.

Question 4

natural rights

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the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, property, and the freedom to find happiness.

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republicanism

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the idea that a country’s leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election

Question 5

social contract

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An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed. Citizens agree to obey a set of rules, and the government agrees to protect citizens’ rights.

Question 6

consent of the governed

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Enlightenment belief that governments only exist when people agree to create them. Within this context, if a government does not protect the citizens rights as per the social contract, society is justified in overthrowing the government.

Question 7

Seven Years War

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War that involved the empires of Great Britain and France. Won by Great Britain. Both empires fell into tremendous debt as a result which later led to the American and French Revolutions.

Question 8

American Revolution

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the revolution of the thirteen American colonies against Great Britain in response to taxation without representation in government

Question 9

French Revolution

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The revolution that began in response to the unfair class system (1st/2nd/3rd estates) under the French monarchy. It was partially inspired by the American Revolution.

Question 10

Haitian Revolution

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Revolution that began in the former French colony of Saint Domingue when slaves revolted after the newly created French government had outlawed slavery). It was led by Toussaint Louverture. This revolution set up the first black government in the Western Hemisphere and the world’s second democratic republic (after the US).

Question 11

Industrial Revolution

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A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s in England.

Question 12

Technological Revolution

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A second industrial revolution, mostly started in the United States, that saw the mass production of goods, the mechanization of most industries, and dramatic improvements in both transportation and communication systems. Electricity, steel, and oil were all key parts of this revolution.

Question 13

John Locke

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Enlightenment thinker who believed that people were born with natural rights, that the purpose of government was to protect the natural rights of the people, and that if the government failed to protect the rights of the people, the people were justified in overthrowing the government

Question 14

Baron de Montesquieu

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Enlightenment thinker who called for the separation of powers in a government into an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch

Question 15

Voltaire

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Enlightenment thinker who called for people to have freedom of speech and for the separation of church and state

Question 16

Sugar Act

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British tax on goods imported into the colonies; passed to try to raise money to pay off debt from Seven Years War

Question 17

Stamp Act

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British tax placed on all printed goods in the American colonies including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.; passed to try to raise money to pay off debt from the Seven Years War

Question 18

Boston Tea Party

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A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

Question 19

First Continental Congress

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September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

Question 20

Declaration of Independence

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this document declared the colonies as independent and that all mankind had natural rights; adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776

Question 21

United States of America

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name of the independent democratic nation that gained its independence from Great Britain following victory in the American Revolution

Question 22

third estate

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under the Old Regime in France, everyone else besides the clergy and the nobility, including peasants, merchants, farmers, shopowners, etc.; responsible to pay all the taxes

Question 22

first estate

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under the Old Regime in France, the social class that was made up the clergy of the Catholic Church; had special rights and privileges and did not have to pay taxes

Question 22

second estate

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under the Old Regime in France, the social class that was made up of the nobles; had special rights and privileges and did not have to pay taxes

Question 22

King Louis XVI

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king of France at the start of the French Revolution who was put on trial for treason, found guilty, and executed

Question 23

Estates-General

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An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France; called into session in 1788 by Louis XVI for the first time in 175 years

Question 23

Bastille

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fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789

Question 23

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution; declared that all citizens were equal before the law and had individual rights

Question 24

Marie Antoinette

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French queen at the start of the French Revolution who was executed during the Reign of Terror

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and who overthrew the French Republic and became emperor in 1799

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Saint Domingue

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half of island of Hispaniola; where the Toussaint L'Overture revolt occurred

Question 27

Toussaint L'Ouverture

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Was an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti

Question 28

Haiti

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Name that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the 2nd democratic republic in the world