Democratic Revolutions Test - Delacruz
Benchmark SS. 11. 3. 7- Compare the causes and effects of the early modern democratic revolutions, including the American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, and South American revolutions.
- 1.All of the statements are true of the American colonies before the revolution EXCEPT:
- A.
They enjoyed a degree of self-rule
- B.
They broke British laws and rules regularly
- C.
They all gave their full allegiance to the King
- D.
They mostly enjoyed relative economic prosperity
- 2.The ban on westward expansion, the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act and the Revenue Act represented what two things to the colonists?
- A.
Tyrannical rule by the monarch and retaliation
- B.
Taxation without representation and lack of political power
- C.
Revenge for not helping more in the war and stopping freedom of speech
- D.
Efforts to stop colonial economic prosperity and rebels
- 3.The King retaliated against the Boston Tea Party by doing all of the following EXCEPT?
- A.
Hanged tea party culprits
- B.
Limited elections and town meetings
- C.
Told the colonists to pay for the tea
- D.
Closed the Boston Harbor
- 4.What group in society tended to be more loyal to the British King during the revolutionary war?
- A.
The slaves
- B.
The plantation owners
- C.
The wealthy businessmen
- D.
Those involved in trade
- 5.The idea of division of powers in the Constitution came from both __________________ and ________________?
- A.
Ancient Greece and Voltaire
- B.
Locke and Hobbes
- C.
Ancient Rome and Montesquieu
- D.
None of the above.
- 6.What caused French people to go hungry in the 1700’s?
- A.
Harvest fell by 10%
- B.
Growth in population
- C.
Paris consumed 80% of what they grew
- D.
All of the above
- 7.Whose Enlightenment reading influenced the French towards revolution?
- A.
Newton and Locke
- B.
Voltaire
- C.
Montesquieu
- D.
Hobbes and the French
- 8.What was the cause of the French Revolution?
- A.
Hunger
- B.
HIgh Taxes
- C.
Class inequality
- D.
All of the above
- 9.What factor did not contribute to the French Revolution?
- A.
Financial crisis
- B.
Enlightenment Ideals
- C.
Famine
- D.
Slave unrest
- 10.Which people were not blaming the old order in France for their troubles?
- A.
Hoarders
- B.
Greedy merchants
- C.
Farmers
- D.
The rich
- 11.Peasants were unhappy with everything but…?
- A.
Labor drafts
- B.
Due payments
- C.
Farm work
- D.
Taxes
- 12.Who considered extending taxation to France’s 2 privileged orders?
- A.
Louis XVI
- B.
Marie Antoinette
- C.
The Catholic Church
- D.
Jacques Necker
- 13.Which principle was not included in the National Assembly’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
- A.
Right to own property
- B.
Virtue and talent should be only 2 requirements for public office
- C.
All men should be equal before the law
- D.
People can be held guilty until proven innocent in a court of law
- 14.During the ______________ War and supporting the American Revolution the French Monarchy had fallen deeper into debt.
- A.
One year
- B.
Seven Years
- C.
Three Years
- D.
Nine Years
- 15.The “Terror” was aimed at?
- A.
People who were with the revolution
- B.
Government officials
- C.
The nobles
- D.
People who were against the revolution
- 16.What famous Dictator gained power at the end of the French Revolution?
- A.
Robspierre
- B.
Louis XVIII
- C.
Napoleon
- D.
Hamilton
- 17.Haiti was known for…
- A.
Wealth
- B.
Re-instating slavery
- C.
Beheading of the king
- D.
Being the sugar capital of the world
- 18.What was Toussaint L’Overture like to the Haitian people?
- A.
Obama
- B.
A black Abraham Lincoln
- C.
A black George Washington
- D.
Gerorge Bush
- 19.St. Domingue was the first to do these things except?
- A.
Become a black republic
- B.
Establish a constitution abolishing slavery
- C.
Burn their island twice
- D.
Achieve a pure democracy
- 20.What was not included in Toussaint’s constitution for Haiti?
- A.
Abolishment of slavery
- B.
End of racial segregation
- C.
Declared himself dictator for life
- D.
Banned all Frenchman from the island
- 21.The “gens de couleur” were:
- A.
Mixed race
- B.
Whites
- C.
Blacks
- D.
French
- 22.Who proclaimed independence and renamed the land Haiti?
- A.
Toussaint
- B.
Dessalines
- C.
Napoleon
- D.
None of the above
- 23.What was the main cause of the Haitian Revolution?
- A.
Taxes
- B.
Economy
- C.
Food prices
- D.
Slavery
- 24.Thomas Jefferson and ___________________ agreed that there shouldn’t be a black republic in the world.
- A.
King Louis
- B.
The French General Brunet
- C.
Napoleon Bonaparte
- D.
Robespierre
- 25.What “sparked” the Haitian Revolution?
- A.
The French Revolution
- B.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
- C.
The murder of the voodoo priest
- D.
Both a and b
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