Revolutions

Question 1

What were the American Revolution personalities

Answer 1

George 3-"madness"
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin 
Lafayette
Cornwallis
Loyalists(20%)-patriots

Question 2

What were some significant events from the American Revolution

Answer 2

Boston tea party-1773–$250000-civil disobedience
If a law is unjust, you have a responsibility to break the law
Lexington-concord-1775
1776-independence-Jefferson
Saratoga-French decided to ally w/ colonists
Removed a lot of soldiers and navy to protect sugar colonies in Carribean
Yorktown-1781
Treaty of Paris-1783

Question 3

What was the impact of the American Revolution

Answer 3

New nation--vital-major role in history
Republic-(monarchy)
Constitutional government--slavery in constitution 
Global war=French, Spain, Dutch 
Democracy--deists--inherently good

Question 4

What were the causes of the French Revolution

Answer 4

Economic-
Huge debt-growing
Poverty--peasants
Church--nobles-animosity
Rights of man--social contract between rulers and the people
Peoples right to remove leader

Question 5

What were the personalities from the French Revolution

Answer 5

Louis XVI-Marie Antoinette-executed
The third estate–clergy, nobles, everyone else
Ropes Pierre–
Napoleon Bonaparte-dictatorship

Question 6

What were the significant events from the French Revolution

Answer 6

Storming of the Bastille–prison/armory-July 14, 1778
Declaration of the rights of man (Jeff)
Woman’s March–equal rights
Sold church property
Reign of terror–16,000, 40,000(80% poor people)
Tried to get rid of church-dechristianize france–secular nation
Napoleon took over

Question 7

What was the impact of the French Revolution

Answer 7

Blow to monarchy
Increase in war--won-defeated nations
Communism
Total war--
Push for human rights

(Americas two party system)

Question 8

What were the causes of the Russian Revolution

Answer 8

-WWI-2 million casualties
Unrest–poverty-inflation 4X
Discontent with absolutism-czar
Massacre-poor protester-1905-soviets

Question 9

What were the personalities of the Russian Revolution

Answer 9

Nicholas 2-czar–leading the army
Sending troops to front without weapons
Alexandria-Rasputin–oppressive-power hungry
Trotsky (organizer)-Lenin (exile)–germans sent him back to Russia
Kerensky-provisional government-tried to keep war front going

Question 10

What were the significant event from the Russian Revolution

Answer 10

"Soviets"--organizing 
Women-strike
1917-czar stepped down (murdered) 
Civil war--red army--white army
Allies tried to support white army--Russia in war
1920-communists take over

Question 11

What was the impact of the rissian Revolution

Answer 11

Communist-spread Revolution everywhere
Cold War–
Increase in nationalism

Question 12

What caused the Chinese Revolution

Answer 12

Poverty–80% extreme poverty
Absolutism-imperialism
War–japanese invasion–ww2

Question 13

What were the personalities of the Chinese Revolution

Answer 13

Chiang Kai shek-nationalist
Cooperated communists
(Throw out imperials)
Mao ze dung–communists

Question 14

What were significant events in the Chinese Revolution

Answer 14

Shanghai massacre–nationalists killed communists
Long march-by communists
Nationalists “distracted” by Japanese
Civil war-1947

Question 15

What was the impact of the Chinese Revolution

Answer 15

Communism’s influence–
Korean War–
Vietnam war–
(US impacted)

Question 16

What was the causes of the Arab Spring Revolution (2010-Tunisia)

Answer 16

Youth--absolutism rulers
Human rights
Poverty
(Muslim world--democratic)
Egypt, Libya 
Revolutions-Syria

Question 17

What were the events/impacts of the Arab Springs Revolution

Answer 17

Chaos throughout Arab world
Isis-radical Islam
Dictatorship

Question 18

What were the causes of the American Revolution

Answer 18

French and Indian war
Debt-war–taxes economic revolt-free trade
Philosophy-Locke-rights of man-colonial thinking
Created all men equal-life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness
Monarchy powers
Corruption