Question 1

In August 1791, who revolted on the island of Saint-Domingue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free people of color 
B)  Slaves 
C)  All people of color 
D)  Spanish laborers 
A)  Free people of color 
B)  Slaves 
C)  All people of color 
D)  Spanish laborers

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions :
-Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal. 
A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Question 3

In what ways did the three estates of the Estates General agree and disagree on issues in 1789?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
All three

Question 4

This painting shows a Spanish rebel about to be executed. His arms are upraised and he is bathed in light. What do these elements suggest the artist was trying to portray?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many Spanish rebels took a nonconfrontational stance toward Napoleon's forces. 
B)  Many conquered peoples felt fear during the Napoleonic Wars. 
C)  The victim represents a Christ-like martyr. 
D)  The victim is being justly punished as a ruthless enemy of Napoleon's army. 
A)  Many Spanish rebels took a nonconfrontational stance toward Napoleon's forces. 
B)  Many conquered peoples felt fear during the Napoleonic Wars. 
C)  The victim represents a Christ-like martyr. 
D)  The victim is being justly punished as a ruthless enemy of Napoleon's army.

Question 5

By the late eighteenth century, European law recognized only what kinds of people as slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who could not pay their debts 
B)  Eastern Europeans born to illiterate parents 
C)  Anyone not born into the elite, noble class 
D)  Africans or people of African descent 
A)  People who could not pay their debts 
B)  Eastern Europeans born to illiterate parents 
C)  Anyone not born into the elite, noble class 
D)  Africans or people of African descent

Question 6

Why did Napoleon negotiate the Concordat of 1801 with the pope?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a devout Catholic. 
B)  He was afraid the pope would throw his support to France's opponents. 
C)  He hoped the Catholic Church would help stabilize society and maintain order. 
D)  He wanted to use church funds to help operate the French government. 
A)  He was a devout Catholic. 
B)  He was afraid the pope would throw his support to France's opponents. 
C)  He hoped the Catholic Church would help stabilize society and maintain order. 
D)  He wanted to use church funds to help operate the French government.

Question 7

According to the map "Loyalist Strength in the Colonies, ca. 1774-1776," Britain had reason to believe their southern strategy during the American Revolution would be successful due to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The contested territory was significantly larger in size. 
B)  The southern colonies were close to their colonial holdings in the Caribbean. 
C)  Western Virginia and North Carolina had mountainous terrain. 
D)  A larger number of Loyalists lived in the southern colonies. 
A)  The contested territory was significantly larger in size. 
B)  The southern colonies were close to their colonial holdings in the Caribbean. 
C)  Western Virginia and North Carolina had mountainous terrain. 
D)  A larger number of Loyalists lived in the southern colonies.

Question 8

Who did Abbé Sieyès argue should have more authority in the Estates General?

Accepted Answer

A)  The landed nobility 
B)  The third estate 
C)  The high-ranking clergy 
D)  Royal ministers 
A)  The landed nobility 
B)  The third estate 
C)  The high-ranking clergy 
D)  Royal ministers

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions :
-Thermidorian reaction

Accepted Answer

A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal. 
A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Question 10

Compare the origins of the American and French revolutions. In what ways do the factors behind each revolution reflect the situation in each country? How did these factors influence the course of each revolution?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In both re

Question 11

Who were the bourgeoisie?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children of mixed aristocracy 
B)  Wealthy, educated commoners 
C)  Merchant marriages 
D)  Poor but titled nobles 
A)  Children of mixed aristocracy 
B)  Wealthy, educated commoners 
C)  Merchant marriages 
D)  Poor but titled nobles

Question 12

The Atlantic revolutions, spanning from France to North and South America, shared many common traits. But in important ways, they were also very different. Discuss some of the broad similarities and differences in the Atlantic revolutions.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
A good ans

Question 13

Spaniards, Creoles, and Indian nobles joined forces to defeat who in 1780?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simon Bolivar 
B)  Túpac Amaru II 
C)  Toussaint L'Ouverture 
D)  The Cabildos 
A)  Simon Bolivar 
B)  Túpac Amaru II 
C)  Toussaint L'Ouverture 
D)  The Cabildos

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Girondists

Accepted Answer

A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal. 
A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Question 15

Which of the following did the British use to assist their efforts in the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Terror tactics 
B)  German mercenaries 
C)  Mass extermination 
D)  Offers of a compromise 
A)  Terror tactics 
B)  German mercenaries 
C)  Mass extermination 
D)  Offers of a compromise

Question 16

Liberalism inspired political revolutionaries in both North America and France. What was liberalism? How was it manifested in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights in the United States and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Civil Code in France? What were the limits of liberalism in all of these documents?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Eighteenth

Question 17

Why did Robespierre call a halt to efforts at de-Christianization?

Accepted Answer

A)  He hoped to gain the support of Christians outside of France. 
B)  He converted to Catholicism. 
C)  He feared unrest in the countryside. 
D)  He believed he had achieved his goal in this regard. 
A)  He hoped to gain the support of Christians outside of France. 
B)  He converted to Catholicism. 
C)  He feared unrest in the countryside. 
D)  He believed he had achieved his goal in this regard.

Question 18

What did both Britain and France do as a result of the Seven Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lost all their colonies 
B)  Dominated European politics 
C)  Began to focus more on Asia 
D)  Raised taxes 
A)  Lost all their colonies 
B)  Dominated European politics 
C)  Began to focus more on Asia 
D)  Raised taxes

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Grand Empire

Accepted Answer

A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal. 
A) The 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain. 
B) The 1776 document in which the American colonies formally stated they were not under the rule of Great Britain and recast traditional English rights as universal human rights. 
C) Opponents of the American Constitution who felt it diminished individual rights and accorded too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. 
D) Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy. 
E) French representative body formed in 1789 by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second estate.
F)A political group during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged.
G)Led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the Convention in 1793.
H)A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.
I)The laboring poor of Paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the wealthy; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city.
J)The period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of political crimes and a new revolutionary culture was imposed.
K)A response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls.
L)French civil regulations promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property.
M)The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain.
N)A blockade imposed by Napoleon in which no ship coming from Britain or its colonies was permitted to dock at any port controlled by the French.
O)People of European descent born in the Americas.
P)A term for natives of Spain and Portugal.

Question 20

Which of the following was included in the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain ceded Louisiana to France as compensation for France's loss of Florida to Britain. 
B)  France gave up most of its holdings in India, opening the way to British dominance on the subcontinent. 
C)  Canada and all French territory east of the Mississippi River passed to Spain. 
D)  France lost control of all of its colonial holdings, and its profitable Caribbean colonies passed to Britain. 
A)  Spain ceded Louisiana to France as compensation for France's loss of Florida to Britain. 
B)  France gave up most of its holdings in India, opening the way to British dominance on the subcontinent. 
C)  Canada and all French territory east of the Mississippi River passed to Spain. 
D)  France lost control of all of its colonial holdings, and its profitable Caribbean colonies passed to Britain.

Exam 22: Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825

In August 1791, who revolted on the island of Saint-Domingue?

Use the following to answer questions : -Declaration of Independence

In what ways did the three estates of the Estates General agree and disagree on issues in 1789?

This painting shows a Spanish rebel about to be executed. His arms are upraised and he is bathed in light. What do these elements suggest the artist was trying to portray?

By the late eighteenth century, European law recognized only what kinds of people as slaves?

Why did Napoleon negotiate the Concordat of 1801 with the pope?

According to the map "Loyalist Strength in the Colonies, ca. 1774-1776," Britain had reason to believe their southern strategy during the American Revolution would be successful due to which of the following?

Who did Abbé Sieyès argue should have more authority in the Estates General?

Use the following to answer questions : -Thermidorian reaction

Compare the origins of the American and French revolutions. In what ways do the factors behind each revolution reflect the situation in each country? How did these factors influence the course of each revolution?

Who were the bourgeoisie?

The Atlantic revolutions, spanning from France to North and South America, shared many common traits. But in important ways, they were also very different. Discuss some of the broad similarities and differences in the Atlantic revolutions.

Spaniards, Creoles, and Indian nobles joined forces to defeat who in 1780?

Use the following to answer questions : -Girondists

Which of the following did the British use to assist their efforts in the American Revolution?

Why did Robespierre call a halt to efforts at de-Christianization?

What did both Britain and France do as a result of the Seven Years' War?

Use the following to answer questions : -Grand Empire

Which of the following was included in the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

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