French and American revolution

Question 1

King George II

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George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire

Question 2

Taxation without representation

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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

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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used

Question 4

George Washington

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George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States

Question 5

Redcoats

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a British soldier

Question 6

Continental army

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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

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a war fought between 1754 and 1763, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763

Question 8

Loyalists

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American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War

Question 9

Patriots

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are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson

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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

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The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia

Question 12

The three estates

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France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates

Question 13

Louis XV

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was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death.

Question 14

Marie Antoinette

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France and becomes that country’s queen

Question 15

Versailles

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a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France

Question 16

National assembly

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was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate

Question 17

Estates general

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the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands

Question 18

Declaration of rights of men

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is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights.

Question 19

Constitution of 1791

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It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly

Question 20

Emigres

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

Question 21

Radicals

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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

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a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Question 23

Conservative

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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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was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution

Question 25

Jacobins

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a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4.

Question 26

Maximilian Robespierre

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He was one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror

Question 27

Guillotine

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A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended

Question 28

conscription

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compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces

Question 29

Coup

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

Question 30

The directory

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a book listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers

Question 31

Napoleon Bonaparte

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was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars

Question 32

Counter revolutionary

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engaged in or promoting a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results.

Question 33

Napoleonic code

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is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804

Question 34

Nationalism

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patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts

Question 35

Duke of Wellington

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was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain.

Question 36

Tennis court oath

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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, vowing “not to separate

Question 37

Bastille

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British indie pop band formed