Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-Estates General
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.

Accepted Answer

The Estates General was a traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy.

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions :
-Continental System
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.

Accepted Answer

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. This describes the Continental System, which was Napoleon's strategy to weaken Britain economically by prohibiting trade between Britain and the European nations under his control.

Question 3

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-Napoleonic Code
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.

Accepted Answer

The Napoleonic Code refers to 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.

Question 4

It has been argued that financial crises rooted in the Seven Years' War set off the wave of liberal revolutions (successful and unsuccessful) that submerged Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1824. Defend this proposition.

Accepted Answer

The answer of It has been argued that financial crises...

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-Reign of Terror
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.

Accepted Answer

The period referred to in J is the Reign of Terror, which was characterized by the execution of thousands suspected of political crimes and the imposition of a new revolutionary culture.

Answer: E
 The French representative body formed by the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy in 1789 is referred to as the National Assembly.

Answer: G
 The radical faction of the French National Convention, led by Robespierre in 1793, is referred to as the Mountain.

Answer: B
 The 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 is referred to as the Declaration of Independence.

Answer: M
 The area over which Napoleon and his allies ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain, is referred to as the Napoleonic Empire.

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions :
-Antifederalists
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.

Accepted Answer

The term "Antifederalists" specifically refers to opponents of the American Constitution who believed it gave too much power to the federal government and did not adequately protect individual rights. None of the other choices are related to this specific group or their beliefs.

Question 7

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-National Assembly
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.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Use the following to answer questions :
-National...

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions :
-Mountain
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.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is G, which describes the radical faction led by Robespierre during the French Revolution, known as the Mountain.

Question 9

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?

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The answer of Liberalism inspired political revolutionaries in both North...

Question 10

Use the following to answer questions :
-Declaration of Independence
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.

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence refers specifically to the 1776 document in which the American colonies formally declared their independence from British rule. None of the other choices refer to this specific document.

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions :
-Girondists
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.

Accepted Answer

The Girondists were a moderate political group during the French Revolution that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793.

Question 12

Use the following to answer questions :
-sans-culottes
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.

Accepted Answer

The laboring poor of Paris, known as sans-culottes, were characterized by their distinctive trousers and radical political views during the French Revolution.

Question 13

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-Treaty of Paris
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.

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris refers specifically to the 1763 diplomatic arrangement that ended the Seven Years' War and redrew boundaries in North America and India.

Question 14

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-Creoles
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.

Accepted Answer

Creoles refers to people of European descent born in the Americas.

Question 15

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

The answer of Compare the origins of the American and...

Question 16

Use the following to answer questions :
-peninsulares
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.

Accepted Answer

Peninsulares were people born in Spain or Portugal who lived in the Americas, often holding significant power and influence in colonial administrations.

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions :
-Jacobin club
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.

Accepted Answer

The Jacobin club was a political group during the French Revolution, and many deputies of the Legislative Assembly were members.

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions :
-Thermidorian reaction
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.

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The Thermidorian Reaction refers to the political backlash against the excesses of the Reign of Terror, leading to the fall of Robespierre and the easing of economic strictures.

Question 19

The common people of France, both rural and urban, played a significant role in the French Revolution. Discuss their role in the events of the summer and fall of 1789, during the National Convention, the Reign of Terror, and the Thermidorian reaction. What motivated the peasants and the sans-culottes? How successful would the Revolution have been without the actions of the common people?

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The answer of The common people of France, both rural...

Question 20

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.

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The answer of The Atlantic revolutions, spanning from France to...

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

Use the following to answer questions : -Estates General

Use the following to answer questions : -Continental System

Use the following to answer questions : -Napoleonic Code

It has been argued that financial crises rooted in the Seven Years' War set off the wave of liberal revolutions (successful and unsuccessful) that submerged Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1824. Defend this proposition.

Use the following to answer questions : -Reign of Terror

Use the following to answer questions : -Antifederalists

Use the following to answer questions : -National Assembly

Use the following to answer questions : -Mountain

Use the following to answer questions : -Declaration of Independence

Use the following to answer questions : -Girondists

Use the following to answer questions : -sans-culottes

Use the following to answer questions : -Treaty of Paris

Use the following to answer questions : -Creoles

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?

Use the following to answer questions : -peninsulares

Use the following to answer questions : -Jacobin club

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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.