Unit 3 Test Study Guide: Revolutions Flashcards
What was the French & Indian War?
(7 years War) One of first world wars where Britain and American colonist fought the French & Native Americans (Britain won)
The Acts created by the British
(taxes/restrictions on the colonist) Navigation Act: no trading w/other countries besides Britain + taxes
Stamp Act: paid stamp required on all legal papers
Townshed Act: tax on paper, paint, tea, & glass
Tea act: tax on british tea
What was the Boston Tea Party
Group of colonists aka Sons of Liberty dressed up as natives dumped 90,000 lbs of tea into the harbor bc of the Tea Act
Declaration of Independence
Declared that people have the right to a government run based on majority vote. Written by Thomas Jefferson send to King George III
Popular Sovereignty
political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
Bill of Rights
10 amendments of the constitution
3 Estates of France
1st Estate: Clergy/Church
2nd Estate: Nobility
3rd Estate: Bourgeoisie/Merchants
Skilled Artisans/Craftsmen
City Workers & Poorly Paid Servants
Peasants/farmers
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
weak king w silly wife; would interfere w decision makings; was from Austria, rival of France
Estates General
the legislative body in France representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons).
National Assembly
the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789-91.
5 causes of the Revolution
- absolute monarchy
- Estate system
- taxes
- enlightenment
-seeing other revolutions
4 stages of the Revolution
- Tennis Court Oath
- Great Fear
- Rein of Terror
- Moderation
Tennis Court Oath
vow “not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established”
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille.
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring. Fuelled by rumours of an aristocrats’ “famine plot” to starve or burn out the population, both peasants and townspeople mobilised in many regions. In response to those rumours, fearful peasants armed themselves in self-defense and, in some areas, attacked manor houses.
