1. Besides financial reform, what else drove the Third Estate to declare itself a National Assembly? (1 point) The Third Estate
wanted the king and ministers to leave their positions. The Third Estate wanted more appointments to bureaucratic positions. The Third Estate wanted more of a say in foreign affairs. The Third Estate wanted political and social reform. 2. Which type of government did the Constitution of 1791 establish? (1 point) a limited monarchy an absolute monarchy a totalitarian system a republic 3. Which best describes the impact of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen? (1 point) It abolished the monarchy and set up a republic. It put into practice ideals of the Enlightenment. It protected the feudal privileges of the First Estate. It represented a compromise between the monarch and radicals. 4. What negative effect did women suffer from in their attempts to gain the right to vote in France? (1 point) They were forced to leave the country. They were forced to serve the king. They were imprisoned and sometimes executed. They were celebrated and granted the right to vote in the 1790s. 5. Which of the following statements best explains the conditions that led to the Reign of Terror? (1 point) The Committee of Public Safety had absolute power. The Directory had limited power. Napoleon Bonaparte had taken control of the Directory. The Jacobins had lost influence in the Legislative Assembly. 6. The popular slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” is an example of the impact of which idea on the French Revolution? (1 point) the social contract natural rights laissez faire the separation of powers 7. Why was the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, an important event in the French Revolution? (1 point) It challenged the king’s authority. It allowed revolutionaries to seize guns and ammunition. It allowed political prisoners to escape. It showed the king’s determination to put down the rebellion. 8. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled on which document? (1 point) the English Bill of Rights the Declaration of Independence the U.S. Constitution the Magna Carta 9. How did the U.S. Constitution impact the French Revolution? (1 point) It explained how to abolish the monarchy. It was a model for the French Constitution of 1791. It described how to protect the nation from invasion. It was a blueprint for the National Convention. 10. Why did the radical Legislative Assembly declare war on Austria and then Prussia in 1792? (1 point) to stop the monarchs of Austria and Prussia from conquering France to stop émigrés from returning to France to increase the size of France’s borders to spread the Revolution and destroy other monarchies 11. Which type of government did the French establish in 1795? (1 point) a federal republic that shared power between central and provincial authorities a totalitarian system modeled on the Committee of Public Safety a five-man directorate with a two-house, elected legislature a limited monarchy supervised by the National Convention 12. Which of the following did Olympe de Gouges seek during the French Revolution? (1 point) to defend women who were unjustly imprisoned to include women in public offices to end the Reign of Terror to return suffrage to royal control
Private property promotes efficiency by giving the owner of resources an incentive to maximize its value. The more valuable a resource, the more trading power it provides the owner of the resource. This is because, in a capitalist system, someone who owns property is entitled to any value associated with the property.
There were two reasons why General Thomas Gage (who was the governor of Massachusetts at the time) sent British troops to Lexington and Concord in April of 1775. ... Gage sent troops to Concord to find and confiscate the weapons. Second, Gage felt that he would be able to capture some Patriot leaders in this way.
