Vocabulary 1-30-17

Question 1

King George III

Answer 1

King of Great Britain from 1760 to 1820

Question 2

Taxation without representation

Answer 2

The colonists were not allowed to choose representatives to parliament in London, which passed the laws under which they were taxed

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

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. Prussia and Britain won, and their victory greatly increased their power.

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

principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as president from 1801 to 1809, between John Adams and James Madison

Question 11

Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

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

Question 12

The Three Estates

Answer 12

three divisions of European society in the Middle Ages

Question 13

Louis XV

Answer 13

King of France (1715-1774) who led France into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), during which France lost its colony in Canada.

Question 14

Marie Antoinette

Answer 14

French queen, wife of Louis XVI. 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. It is best known for its magnificent palace, built by Louis XIV in the late 1600s, where the treaty ending World War I was signed in 1919.

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

a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged

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

Conservations

Answer 23

the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words.

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

Answer 26

Austrian emperor of Mexico 1864–7

Question 27

Robespierre

Answer 27

French lawyer and politician.

Question 28

Guillotine

Answer 28

a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

Question 29

Conscription

Answer 29

compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Question 30

Coup

Answer 30

a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government

Question 31

The Directory

Answer 31

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