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| What newly independent country began an assault on the American and Asian colonies of Spain and Portugal in the early 1600s? |
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| Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth-century wars in Europe? |
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| The Enlightenment was the intellectual movement in which |
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| Methods of scientific revolution... |
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| Which of the following would John Locke have argued? |
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| People have the right to rebellion |
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| One of Rousseau's most radical ideas was that government |
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| authority rested on the consent of the governed |
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| What were the goals of monarchs such as Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia in supporting the Enlightenment? |
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| Expansion of royal authority over localism,religious institutions and the nobility |
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| Napoleon’s plans for European conquest were held in check by the naval supremacy of |
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| Women helped disseminate new political ideas by |
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| purchasing and discussing books of the era,contributing as writers and commentors,bringing together thinkers in their homes or salons,raising the argument for women's rights(all of these) |
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| The Enlightenment's intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the |
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| expanding middle class in Europe and the Western Hemisphere |
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| To European intellectuals, Benjamin Franklin showed that America was |
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| symbolize both the natural genius and the vast potential of America. |
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| Used their social standing more to direct the conversations of men than to give vent to their own opinions. |
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| In the eighteenth century, the common people of Europe sometimes expressed outrage over |
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| violations of popular customs |
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| What two related problems did the British face after defeating the French in 1763? |
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| Limiting settlement in Amerindian lands and imposing taxes |
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| The Albany Congress in 1754 met to |
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| which sought to coordinate colonial defense against attacks by the French and their Amerindian allies |
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| Which Amerindian chief drove the British from some western outposts at the end of the Seven Years War? |
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| The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to |
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| were intended to keep colonist taking amerindian land by slowing settlement |
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| The American frontier wars of the eighteenth century |
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| did not directly threaten British authority |
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| The British angered American colonists by doing all of the following except |
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| prohibiting publication of inflammatory political tracts |
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| Which 1770 event radicalized public opinion throughout the American colonies? |
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| Before 1775, which of the following was not one of the tactics with which North American settlers responded to British policies? |
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| Common Sense, the pamphlet that stirred up anti-British sentiment on the eve of the American Revolution, was written by |
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| The British had significant allies during the American Revolution, including the |
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| Mohawks led by Joseph Brant |
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| The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 was crucial because it |
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| brought the french into the war |
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| At Yorktown, the British general Cornwallis |
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| surrendered to Washington |
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| The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is called “the Second American Revolution” because |
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| the delegates puched aside the announced purpose and in secret wrote a new constitution |
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| In the Constitution, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person |
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| to give southern states more representatives |
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| The Constitution was different from the Articles of Confederation in that it |
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| created a two house legislature |
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| Under which state constitution were women and African Americans eligible to vote until 1807? |
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| did not create an enduring form of representative democracy |
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| As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was |
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| Which members of the French population would have paid taxes in 1785? |
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| Which of the following did not contribute to the financial crisis that triggered the French Revolution? |
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| Failure to collect the clergy |
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| In 1787, the Assembly of Notables |
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| sought to protect their own interest |
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| In 1787, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General, the French national legislature, because |
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| The french ellite would not consent to new taxes |
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| Which French Estate declared itself to be the National Assembly? |
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| The Tennis Court Oath was |
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| ended Louis’s vain hope that he could limit the agenda to fiscal reform |
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| In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd |
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| the declaration by the third estate that they would not converge to swear their oaths of allegiance to the second estate |
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| When the Parisian crowd marched to Versailles, it |
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| When the Parisian crowd marched to Versailles, it |
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| The Declaration of the Rights of Man |
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| was Statement of fundimental political rights adopted by the French National assembly at the beginning of the french revolution. |
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| In September of 1792, rumors of counterrevolutionary plots caused mobs to |
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| attack british prisons and kill half of the prisoners |
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| The Jacobin members of the National Convention were |
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