chapter 16 Flashcards
what city was the headquarters for the British for the revolutionary war?
new york
which battle was considered the turning point of the war
saratoga
what battle ended the war?
yorktown
define the first estate?
upper clergy included bishops and arch bsiops and owned 10% of all land.
define the second estate?
nobles and taxed the poor
define the third estate
the commoners and the largest class, paid all taxes, preformed labor free of charge.
what is bastile day? when is it?
french independance day, when they stormed bastile prison. july 14th
what was the mayflower compact?
established the plimoth coloney consitiction for thwm
who was the king of england during the american revolution?
george the 3rd
what was the date the decleration of indempances was signed?
1776
government based uopn consent of the govern is called what?
popular sovrinty
what was the mobilization of the entire french nation for battle called what?
levee en masse
whos leadership was key to the american revoltuion
george washinton
what was the agreement that the british formally aklolaged the i depancande of the states
treaty of paris 1783
what is the term of the temoryary alliance of nations?
coallssion
who was alexander the first?
he fought nepolaon, he was the czar
who was lord nelson?
british admiral
who was john pol Marat?
jacobian leader
who was george jaques nanton?
he was excuted and was a jav=cbian leader
who was loius the 16th
king during thr freanch rvoltiom
who was duke of wellington
waterloo
mayflower compact
the american coloney resented parslentry the laws bc of what
they taxed the coloney, forced
the federal government
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the rest ad death of robissphere and his followers
which of thr following is not true of the brownswhick manefesto?
It respored peoles trust in luios
the tennsi ct oath decleared that the delegates of the 3rd estate would not disband until what?
new written consitiution
from what source did the french not draw any idea of the declaration of the rights o f man?
the bible
what was napoleans greatest accomplishments?
the code of napoleon
the prupose of the ring of terror was to get rid of what?
opposition of the revoluutoon
what was the name of the government he es
french consolates
what french word is used fo the list of grevences that louis teh 26th asked the pople to send to the represwtntitive of the estates general?
caheirs
what events symbolises the old reseigm
stoming of basille
what country practices the
russia
napolran recieved word of what when he returned?
cooelision and the eurpoean collessioan
The contential system was designed to do what?
cut off trade th britian
what is the term guerillas mean?
little wars
what is the bill of rights and why is it necessary?
its the first 10 amendments of the constitution. it covers the rights of people and states.
map of europe. had 20 locations
what historical even happened on june 1st 1792
Kentucky became a state
