17Th Century Test

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From the Americans' point of view, the British colonies

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were young and vibrant compared to the old and decadent British society.

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French society on the eve of their revolution

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was still largely dominated by the nobility and clergy

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A major factor in the war for independence of the American British colonies was

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generous military and financial aid from various European states, especially France

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Compared to the American Revolution, the French Revolution was

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all of the above

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A key result of the Seven Years War in North America was

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growing tensions between American colonies and the English government demanding more revenue from the colonies to pay for the victorious British army

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Which of the following forced Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to return to Paris from Versailles?

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An angry mob of parisian women

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The result of the Tennis Court Oath was

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the formation of the National Assembly

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According to the rules of the French Constitution of 1791, "active citizens" were defined as

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men who paid annual taxes equal to three days of labor

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The declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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was modeled after the Declaration of Rights adopted by Virginia

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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, issues in 1790

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transformed the Roman Catholic church into a branch of the French Estate

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Following the end of the Reign of Terror, the Jacobins

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were summarily executed

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During the French Revolution, emigres were

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aristocrats who relocated on the French border and tried to stimulate a counter-revolution

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The proposed gabelle of Charles de Calonne was a tax on

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salt

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The founder of the civic religion, the Cult of the supreme being, was

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ROberspierre

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Which of the following groupings represents the membership of the First, Second, and Third estates, respectively?

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clergy; nobility; commercial and professional middle class

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The Thermidorean Reaction occurred after

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the death of Robespierre

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In September of 1792, the National Convection:

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abolished the monarchy and established a republic

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The controversy over voting by order versus voting by head in the Estates-General saw

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the Third Estate respond by forming a "National Assembly"

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The Estates-General consisted of representatives of the three orders: the First Estate (clergy), the Third Estate (people), and the Second Estate, Representing the:

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nobility

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

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owed much to the American Declaration of Independence

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The French revolutionary slogan neatly evoking the ideals of the rebellion was

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"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!"

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What type group emerged as the most important radical element in French politics, at the beginning of the French Revolution?

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Jacobins

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The most immediate cause of the French Revolution was

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the government's failure to resolve its debts

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The Bastille was

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defense of the seigneurial rights throughout the country

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The Estates-General was

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divided over the issue of voting by orders or by head

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The chief reason for Napolean's fast rise to power was

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his series of stunning defeats over the enemies of france

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Which of the following statements best applies to Napoleon's domestic politics?

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his civil code reaffirmed the ideals of the

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During the Reign of Terror, the majority of the victims were

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PEASANT AND LABORING CLASSES

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The third estate was composed of all of the following except

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clergy

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In the Reign of Terror's "preservation" of the revolution from its internal

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rebellious cities were brutally defeated by the Revolutionary Armies

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Which of the following statements concerning the Seven Years' War is correct?

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With the defeat of the French navy and the Treaty of Paris, Britain became the world's greatest colonial power

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European society in the eighteenth century witnessed

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the continued dominance of the nuclear family

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European population growth in the second half of the eighteenth century

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was nearly double the rate of the first half of the century

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All of the following were persistent trends in the upper-class eighteenth century European family except

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the decline in the total number of children per family due to a variety of birth control techniques

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Speaking of politics in a supposedly enlightened age, King Frederick the Great of Prussia said, " The fundamental rule of governments is the principle of

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extending their territories

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The War of Austrian Succession

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was resolved with the peace treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

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Of the great European powers, the only one not to possess a standing army and to rely on mercenaries by the eighteenth century was

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Great Britain

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The problem of poverty in eighteenth century Europe

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was solved largely through the efforts of private and religious charities especially in cities

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European Warfare in the eighteenth century was characterized by

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limited objectives and elaborate maneuvers