the american and french revolution

Question 1

king george III

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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

taxatron without representation

Answer 2

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

george washington

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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 4

the stamp act

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passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.

Question 5

redcoats

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British soldier.

Question 6

continental army

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

Question 8

loyalist

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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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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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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

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the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate. The First Estate (Fr. premier état) was the clergy.

Question 13

louis XV

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

Question 14

marie antoinette

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.

Question 15

versailles

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

Question 16

national assembly

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elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789–91.

Question 17

estates general

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the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands.

Question 18

declaration of rights of man

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France’s National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, 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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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

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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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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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person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Question 23

conservatives

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person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics.

Question 24

reign of terror

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(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 …