Question 1

In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd

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A)   burned the Palace at Versailles.
B)   attacked the Bastille.
C)   petitioned to have Joan of Arc made a saint.
D)   protested the building of Fontainebleau.
E)   took the king and queen hostage.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

What was the nature of the fiscal crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

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The expenses of a long series of Europea...

Question 3

The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to

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A)   keep colonists from taking Amerindian land by slowing settlement.
B)   provoke bitter resentment among colonists
C)   keep the colonists from complaining about taxes.
D)   a and b
E)   all of the aboveF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

After defeating the French in North America in 1763, what two major problems did the British face with respect to the American colonies?

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First, the possibility of armed conflict...

Question 5

What were the causes of the revolution in Saint Domingue?

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The foundation for the Haitian Revolutio...

Question 6

Examine Map (in the textbook) 23.1 and discuss the difficulties of getting France out of Canada after the French and Indian War. What advantages did the French have against the British?

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Question 7

As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was

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A)   restored.
B)   elected.
C)   beheaded.
D)   deported.
E)   enriched.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 8

Counter Enlightenment thinkers argued the importance of faith to human happiness and that:

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A)   People where responsible to the leaders, who were empowered by Divine Right.
B)   the rights of the individual outweighed the rights of the popular consensus.
C)   change and utopianism were flawed ideals
D)   religion was unnecessary in the new Age of Science.
E)   People were inherently flawed and need strong government to maintain stability.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

Under which state constitution were women and African Americans eligible to vote until these rights were eliminated in 1807?

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A)   New York
B)   Massachusetts
C)   Rhode Island
D)   New Jersey
E)   DelawareF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth-century wars in Europe?

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A)   War of Spanish Succession
B)   Thirty Years War
C)   War of Austrian Succession
D)   French and Indian War
E)   Seven Years WarF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Which French Estate, with allies from the other estates, declared itself to be the National Assembly?

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A)   First Estate
B)   Second Estate
C)   Third Estate
D)   Fourth Estate
E)   Fifth EstateF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

In Europe and the Western Hemisphere, the Enlightenment's intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the

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A)   upper class.
B)   poor.
C)   nobility.
D)   clergy.
E)   middle class.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Enlightenment reformers sought to ban numerous folk traditions like harvest festivals or religious holidays because

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A)   the celebrations were viewed as corrupt and decadent.
B)   they were wild, drunken revelry that was unseemly.
C)   to maintain control of a passive population.
D)   they were atheists and wanted people to progress to a modern era.
E)   they emphasized class differences and might start revolutions.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included which of the following rights:

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A)   freedom of expression of ideas
B)   freedom to own property
C)   equality before the law for all citizens
D)   representative government
E)   all of the aboveF) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 15

Describe the major wars fought among European imperial powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and identify the major consequences of these wars.

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Question 16

Identify the following term(s).
-Congress of Vienna

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Question 17

Identify the following term(s).
-Maximilien Robespierre

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Question 18

Identify the following term(s).
-Joseph Brant

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Question 19

Identify the following term(s).
-Jacobins

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The Jacobins were a political group...

Question 20

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is called "the Second American Revolution" because the delegates pushed aside their announced purpose and

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A)   it came just after the peace with England.
B)   in secret wrote a new constitution presided over by George Washington.
C)   of the fighting at the convention.
D)   it created only a temporary form of government.
E)   pitched battles broke out between Federalists and anti-Federalists.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Exam 23: Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Counter Enlightenment thinkers argued the importance of faith to human happiness and that:

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Under which state constitution were women and African Americans eligible to vote until these rights were eliminated in 1807?

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After defeating the French in North America in 1763, what two major problems did the British face with respect to the American colonies?

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Examine Map (in the textbook) 23.1 and discuss the difficulties of getting France out of Canada after the French and Indian War. What advantages did the French have against the British?

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Identify the following term(s). -Joseph Brant

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In Europe and the Western Hemisphere, the Enlightenment's intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the

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The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to

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Describe the major wars fought among European imperial powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and identify the major consequences of these wars.

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Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth-century wars in Europe?

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included which of the following rights:

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Enlightenment reformers sought to ban numerous folk traditions like harvest festivals or religious holidays because

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Which French Estate, with allies from the other estates, declared itself to be the National Assembly?

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Identify the following term(s). -Maximilien Robespierre

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What were the causes of the revolution in Saint Domingue?

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What was the nature of the fiscal crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

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In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd

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Identify the following term(s). -Jacobins

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Identify the following term(s). -Congress of Vienna

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