chapter 17

Question 1

King George III

Answer 1

George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.

Question 2

Taxation without presentation

Answer 2

No Taxation Without Representation” is a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.

Question 3

The stamp Act

Answer 3

The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.

Question 4

george washington

Answer 4

George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Question 5

Red coats

Answer 5

a British soldier.

Question 6

Continental Army

Answer 6

The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.

Question 7

Seven year war

Answer 7

The Seven Years’ War was a war fought between 1754 and 1763, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763.

Question 8

Loyalist

Answer 8

The Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

Question 9

Patriots

Answer 9

a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 10

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

Question 11

Declaration of independence

Answer 11

The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen

Question 12

The Three Estates

Answer 12

The three states of matter are the three distinct physical forms that matter can take in most environments: solid, liquid, and gas. In extreme environments, other states may be present, such as plasma, Bose-Einstein condensates, and neutron stars.

Question 13

Louis XV

Answer 13

Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five

Question 14

Marie Antoniette

Answer 14

An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country’s queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.

Question 15

Versailles

Answer 15

The Palace of Versailles, Château de Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France.

Question 16

National Assembly

Answer 16

During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale), which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on Sept.

Question 17

Estates General

Answer 17

the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands.

Question 18

Declaration of rights of men

Answer 18

The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765.

Question 19

constitution of 1791

Answer 19

Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.

Question 20

Emigres

Answer 20

a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons.

Question 21

radicals

Answer 21

a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.

Question 22

moderates

Answer 22

a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Question 23

conservatives

Answer 23

holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.

Question 24

Reign of terror

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The Reign of Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794), also known as The Terror (French: la Terreur), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of “enemies of the …

Question 25

Jacobins

Answer 25

a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789.

Question 26

maximillian Robespierre

Answer 26

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (French: [mak.si.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician. He was one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

Question 27

Guillotine

Answer 27

a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

Question 28

conscription

Answer 28

compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Question 29

coup

Answer 29

a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

Question 30

The Directory

Answer 30

Directory, group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution.

Question 31

napoleon banapart

Answer 31

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799).

Question 32

counter revolution

Answer 32

a revolution opposing a former one or reversing its results

Question 33

Napoleonic code

Answer 33

The Napoleonic Code (French: Code Napoléon, and officially Code civil des Français) is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804.

Question 34

The Consulate

Answer 34

the place or building in which a consul’s duties are carried out.

Question 35

Nationalism

Answer 35

patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.

Question 36

Duke of wellington

Answer 36

Duke of Wellington is a hereditary title of the senior rank in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It derived from Wellington in Somerset, and was created for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (born The Hon.

Question 37

Tennis court oathe

Answer 37

On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is

Question 38

bastille

Answer 38

The Bastille (French pronunciation: ​[bastij]) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.