The American and French Revolutions

Question 1

king George III

Answer 1

The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

Question 2

taxation without representation

Answer 2

A slogan of the Revolutionary War and the years before.

Question 3

the stamp act

Answer 3

an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents).

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

The first president of the United States, and the commanding general of the victorious American army in the Revolutionary War

Question 5

redcoats

Answer 5

a British soldier.

Question 6

continental army

Answer 6

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

A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the German kingdom of Prussia, supported by Britain, and an alliance that included Austria, France, and Russia.

Question 8

loyalists

Answer 8

a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt.

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

A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers; the leader of the Democratic-Republican party.

Question 11

Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.

Question 12

the three estates

Answer 12

refer to the three divisions of European society in the Middle Ages:

Question 13

Louis XIV

Answer 13

his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)

Question 14

Marie antoninette

Answer 14

A daughter of Maria Theresa, she married the future Louis XVI of France in 1770.

Question 15

versailles

Answer 15

A city of north-central France west-southwest of Paris.

Question 16

national assembly

Answer 16

an elected legislature in various countries.

Question 17

estates general

Answer 17

the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands

Question 18

Declaration of rights of man

Answer 18

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

Answer 19

French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution.

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

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

Question 24

reign of terror

Answer 24

a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.

Question 25

Jacobins

Answer 25

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

Maximillian Robespierre

Answer 26

was a French lawyer and politician.

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

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

Question 31

napoleon bonparte

Answer 31

also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.

Question 32

couter - revolutionary

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Napoleonic code

Answer 33

is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804.

Question 34

the consulate waterloo

Answer 34

Government established in France after the overthrow of the Directory in 1799, with Napoleon as first consul in control of the entire government. The site of Napoleon’s defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815, which ended his last bid for power.

Question 35

nationalism

Answer 35

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country.

Question 36

Duke of Wellington

Answer 36

British soldier and statesman; he led the British troops against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

Question 37

Tennis court oath

Answer 37

A pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.

Question 38

bastille

Answer 38

was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.