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| 5891675120 | Explain the French and Indian War. Who was fighting, why, and what was the result? | Americans were migrating west into French territory war fought between the French (and allies) and the British (and allies) War was fought mainly in Pennsylvania, the great lakes, and New England Result of the war: Treaty of Paris gave the British all the land up to the MI River and Canada; Spain received Louisiana | 0 | |
| 5941399147 | When was the french and indian war? | 1754-1763 | 1 | |
| 5891710941 | What was the (overall) cause of the American Revolution? | The British were in debt as a result of the French and Indian war To pay the debt, Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies The colonies were upset bc they had no representation in the government ('taxation w/o representation') | 2 | |
| 5894132820 | What kind of representation did the British believe in for the colonies? | virtual representation - All British subjects (including colonies) are represented by the government | 3 | |
| 5894140174 | What was the first tax to be imposed on the colonists? | The Sugar Act - taxed molasses | 4 | |
| 5894143445 | What was the second tax imposed on the colonists? | The Stamp Act - tax on paper enraged the colonists | 5 | |
| 5894146789 | How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act? | 4 ways: 1. Colonial legislatures sent petitions to Parliament 2. Stamp Act Congress - 9 colonies met and sent petition 3. Sons of liberty - protest organizations; Sam Adams was the leader in Boston 4. Merchants organized nonimportation associations that boycotted British goods | 6 | |
| 5931910885 | Identify the Townsend Acts and their effect. | Parliament placed a tax on a variety of imported products (including tea) Protests erupted and customs officers seized the 'Liberty' - merchant ship that was smuggling goods | 7 | |
| 5931915699 | What was the Boston Massacre? | Group of 9 'redcoats' fired upon and killed 5 colonists after being provoked by an angry mob Paul Revere glorified the event in the newspaper as 'The Boston Massacre' -where bloodthirsty British soldiers had slaughtered innocent Americans | 8 | |
| 5931920275 | Who defended the troops involved in the Boston Massacre? | John Adams; they were acquitted of murder | 9 | |
| 5931921296 | Identify the Tea Act | An act passed by Parliament to help the British East India Company by allowing the company to sell tea directly to the colonies without using colonial merchants. Colonial merchants were angry bc they felt cheated by the British government | 10 | |
| 5931926487 | When and what was the Boston Tea Party? | 1773 Sam Adams led the Sons of Liberty (dressed as Mohawk Indians) onto the British ships in Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of tea | 11 | |
| 5931929185 | What were the Intolerable/Coercive Acts? What was their effects? | Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. Boston Harbor closed 2. ended Legislative Assembly of MA 3. British soldiers took up residence in private American homes 4. Criminals were sent to Canada or England Effect: Massachusetts was now under martial (military) law | 12 | |
| 5941404946 | When were the intolerable acts implemented? | 1774 | 13 | |
| 5931937192 | How did the colonies react to the Intolerable Acts? | they unite delegates from 12 colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in Carpenter Hall petition was sent to England saying that they would: 1. Stop trading with England until the troops were removed from people's homes 2. weapons would be stored in the colonies for defense | 14 | |
| 5936628375 | What was the first battle of the American Revolution? When was it? | Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775 | 15 | |
| 5936642923 | What sparked the battles of Lexington and Concord? | Military supplies were being collected in Concord but the British decided to destroy the arsenal Paul Revere said "The British are coming" | 16 | |
| 5936654219 | Describe the events that took place during the Battles of Lexington and Concord | 700 British troops arrived in Lexington and encountered 70 American minutemen led by Captain John Parker "shot heard round the world" was fired | 17 | |
| 5936666444 | What body governed the colonies throughout the war years? | 2nd continental congress | 18 | |
| 5936666445 | What is 'Common Sense'? Who wrote it? | Thomas Paine pamphlet that encouraged the revolution | 19 | |
| 5936752338 | When was the Declaration of Independence written? By who? | 1776 Thomas Jefferson | 20 | |
| 5936752666 | What was the last battle of the American Revolution? | Battle of Yorktown | 21 | |
| 5936758279 | What officially ended the American Revolution? | Treaty of Paris | 22 | |
| 5936758644 | What was our first constitution? What did it do? | Articles of Confederation national government was congress (one house) each state gets one vote **no power to tax | 23 | |
| 5936762299 | What was the Constitutional Convention? | created the US constitution formed 3 branches of government | 24 | |
| 5941413045 | When was the constitution written? What else happened this year? | 1789 George W became president start of French Revolution | 25 | |
| 5936772243 | How was French society divided? | 3 estates: 1st: clergy; 1% 2nd: nobility; 2% 3rd: the rest of population; 97% | 26 | |
| 5936909292 | How was the 3rd estate structured? | 3 levels: 1. Bourgeoisie - city dwelling middle class with wealth and education 2. Laborers/artisans 3. Peasants - paid the tithe - 10% of income went to church | 27 | |
| 5936911410 | Why was France's economy failing? | inflation was up and food was in short supply huge debt caused by France's support of American Revolution | 28 | |
| 5936912657 | What was Louis XVI's solution to the economic crisis? What did the 3rd estate want to do instead? | Louis XVI wanted to tax nobility 3rd estate wanted all 3 estates to meet and each delegate would have one vote but Louis refused | 29 | |
| 5936916552 | What signified the start of the French Revolution? | the 3rd estate declared itself the National Assembly | 30 | |
| 5936917105 | What was the Tennis Court Oath? | A promise made by the members of the National Assembly/3rd estate to stay together until they had written a constitution for France; this was the first deliberate act of the revolution | 31 | |
| 5936918216 | What was the Storming of the Bastille? | Parisians stormed the Bastille and took weapons for use in defending the national assembly | 32 | |
| 5936922603 | What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man do? | demolished Feudalism gave people freedom of speech, religion, and the press slogan of the french revolution was 'Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity' | 33 | |
| 5936925587 | How was monarchy in France abolished? What replaced it? | radicals threatened the government with violence unless it abolished the monarchy National Convention governed France for 3 years convicted Louis XVI and chopped his head off | 34 | |
| 5936927111 | Describe the time during which the national convention led France. | run by group called Jacobins led by Robespierre referred to as 'reign of terror' bc thousands were sent to guillotine including Marie Antoinette | 35 | |
| 5936932802 | What was The Directory? What did it do to France's economy? | created out of executive branch 5 directors governed for 4 years 1. prices skyrocketed 2. poor suffered 3. France went bankrupt | 36 | |
| 5940637416 | How did Napoleon claim power? How did he rule? | coup d'etat - seizure of power that put Napoleon in total power dictator of France took the title of 'first consul' | 37 | |
| 5940646814 | What is the period in which Napoleon ruled referred to as? When was it? | napoleonic era/age of napoleon 1800-1815 | 38 | |
| 5940649249 | What were the accomplishments of Napoleon? | law code - Napoleonic Code established bank of france established public education The condorat - religious tolerance and declared Catholicism as the central religion of France | 39 | |
| 5940676171 | Identify the Condorat. | an agreement napoleon made with the pope that established religious tolerance and acknowledged Catholicism as the central religion of France | 40 | |
| 5940801040 | identify the Battle of Trafalgar and its significance. | Britain defeated the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar this was a turning point bc from now on Napoleon will not attack Britain bc their navy is too strong but, since they can't defeat England militaristically, they will do it economically via the Continental System | 41 | |
| 5940816190 | Who led the British Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar? | Admiral Horatio Nelson | 42 | |
| 5940822574 | Identify the Continental System. | After the defeat at the battle of Trafalgar, Napoleon ordered a blockade on Britain, forbidding trade sparked war of 1812 with US destroyed Britain's economy and allowed Napoleon to take over in 1808 | 43 | |
| 5940832746 | Why did the Peninsular War start and what was the outcome? | sparked bc Portugal began to trade with Britain behind France's back Spain, with the help of British, defeated Napoleon | 44 | |
| 5940847440 | Why did France attack Russia? What happened as a result? | Russia resumed trade with Britain Napoleon put together 600,000 soldiers and marched to Russia France captured Moscow but Russia burned it to the ground so the French had no place to sleep Napoleon retreated and lost 2/3 of army due to cold, disease, and hunger | 45 | |
| 5940880375 | Describe Napoleon's exile and defeat. | Napoleon surrendered and was exiled to island of Elba Louis XVIII (18th) took throne but was unpopular Napoleon escaped island and was welcomed to Paris British, led by Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at battle of Waterloo | 46 | |
| 5940911890 | What was the Congress of Vienna? How successful was it? | Europeans held Congress of Vienna to create a balance of power so no country could take over agreed to aid each other in war restored royal families to the thrones before Napoleon 39 german stated combined Switzerland became its own nation **peace in Europe for 40 years | 47 | |
| 5940933933 | Where did the Industrial revolution begin? | Britain | 48 | |
| 5941424806 | What was the time range for phase one and phase 2 of the industrial revolution? | 1730s-1860 1860-1914 (abe lincoln to WWI) | 49 | |
| 5940935650 | What allowed the Industrial Revolution to occur? | 1. made possible by agricultural revolution that allowed people to move to cities for jobs in industry 2. new technologies in farming: plowing, seeding, reaping chemical fertilizers reduced the number of people needed to farm **allowed for urbanization | 50 | |
| 5940993932 | What was phase 1 of the industrial revolution? | resources such as coal, iron, and water (hydroelectric energy) were available | 51 | |
| 5941052931 | Which industry experienced industrialization first? | textile industry | 52 | |
| 5941057373 | Who invented the flying shuttle and the spinning jenny? | John Kay: flying shuttle James Hargreaves: spinning jenny | 53 | |
| 5941065224 | Who invented the cotton gin? What effect did it have? | eli witney increased quality and quantity of cotton production | 54 | |
| 5941076175 | Which invention sparked the transportation revolution? Name 2 developments in transportation. | stem engine Robert Fulton - steam ship locomotive | 55 | |
| 5941090958 | What did the Iron Industry spark? | combination of steam engine and iron allowed for railroad industry --> westward expansion | 56 | |
| 5941098682 | Identify 2nd phase of the Industrial Revolution. | advances in steel chemical industries grew electricity | 57 | |
| 5941111791 | Name three inventions of the 2nd phase of the industrial revolution. | telephone - Alexander Graham Bell Phonograph - Thomas Edison Light bulb - Thomas Edison | 58 | |
| 5941163766 | What were the two major world-wide effects of the industrial revolution? | 1. encouraged investments in the US from several countries (Britain, France, Germany) 2. encouraged immigration to N/S america | 59 | |
| 5941178380 | Describe the accomplishments of William Gladstone. | encouraged universal public education and legalized labor unions | 60 | |
| 5941182955 | Describe the accomplishments of Benjamin Disraeli. | extended laws regulating conditions of factories | 61 | |
| 5941338605 | Describe the ideas of Karl Marx. | called for a worker-led revolution organized revolutionary 'socialists' believed that wealth is produced by the 'proletariat' (labor class) but they are never actually compensated properly wanted a worker led government that would control economy until there was no need for government believed in women's rights | 62 | |
| 5941358155 | Explain the concept of the 'indentured laborer'. Where were they common? | India and China people would sell themselves into slavery as an alternative to unemployment | 63 |
