Lesson 6: The Political Revolution

Question 1

A time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain

Answer 1

American Revolution

Question 2

Laws that forbade American colonies to sell their significant products except for Great Britain

Answer 2

Navigation Acts

Question 3

Placed heavy taxes on America’s legal documents, newspapers, and other printed materials.

Answer 3

Stamp Acts

Question 4

The war broke out during the famous event

Answer 4

Boston Massacre

Question 5

When English soldiers fired and killed 5 Americans

Answer 5

The Boston Massacre

Question 6

As a sign of protest, the Americans threw 340 chests of Tea (English’s favorite) into the sea.

Answer 6

The Boston Tea Party

Question 7

The 13 colonies in America revolted against the Englishmen by choosing __________ as their general.

Answer 7

George Washington

Question 8

The American revolutionaries asked for help from this country

Answer 8

France

Question 9

First Idea of The Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;

Question 10

Second Idea of The Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

The main business of government is to protect these rights;

Question 11

Third Idea of The Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

if a government tries to withhold these rights, the people can revolt and set up a new government

Question 12

A period in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government

Answer 12

The French Revolution

Question 13

Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into social groups

Answer 13

“Three Estates”

Question 14

First Estate

Answer 14

Clergy (Church Leaders)

Question 15

Second Estate

Answer 15

Nobles

Question 16

Third Estate

Answer 16

Commoners/Laborers

Question 17

France was ruled by

Answer 17

Louis XVI and his ostentatious wife named Marie Antoinette.

Question 18

The Third Estate established this and demanded that Louis XVI give them certain rights

Answer 18

National Assembly

Question 19

Columbus established the first colonial town in the New World

Answer 19

La Isabella

Question 20

Gave certain tracts
of land and everyone on it, it was often nothing more than legalized slavery.

Answer 20

encomiendas

Question 21

People
born on the Iberian
peninsula

Answer 21

Peninsulares

Question 22

People born in the Americas of
European ancestry

Answer 22

Criollos or creoles

Question 23

They were part-Indian
and part-European

Answer 23

Mestizos

Question 24

part-African and
part-European

Answer 24

Mulattos

Question 25

The local people and forced to labor in the encomienda system

Answer 25

Indians

Question 26

Brought in to do the work of a dying Native the population could not do

Answer 26

Africans

Question 27

Elite Creole planter who became a military General and “George Washington of South America.”

Answer 27

Simon Bolivar

Question 28

Liberated territories of Simon Bolivar

Answer 28

Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, & Bolivia

Question 29

Creole officer who had trained in European armies, Liberated Argentina from Spanish control, and believed in Monarchy

Answer 29

Jose de san Martin

Question 30

Highly educated Creole priest assigned to town of Dolores

Answer 30

Miguel Hidalgo

Question 31

Hidalgo rang the church bell and called upon his mestizo and Indigenous parishioners to take up arms against the Spanish

Answer 31

El Grito de Dolores

Question 32

Mestizo Priest who took over from Hidalgo

Answer 32

Jose Morelos

Question 33

By 1830, nearly all Latin American countries were ruled by

Answer 33

The Caudillos

Question 34

Which leader helped Chile and Peru from Spanish domination?

Answer 34

Bolivar

Question 35

Which two leaders were associated with the independence movement in Mexico?

Answer 35

Hidalgo and Morelos

Question 36

Who is credited with leading the Latin American forces that freed Colombia and Venezuela?

Answer 36

Bolivar

Question 37

Which group(s) was Father Hidalgo looking to help?

Answer 37

Mestizos and Natives