The Age of Revolutions Flash Cards

Unit 9 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

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The first British colony in America was________

c. Jamestown

The pioneer of French Revolution who fought on the side of Washington against the British was_________ .

b. Lafayette

Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson and Mirabeau wrote the_________.

c. Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

The defeat of British at________ paved the way for the friendship between France and America

b. Saratoga

________was the symbol of Royal Despotism in France

b. Prison of Bastille

The forces of Austria and Prussia were defeated by the French Revolutionary forces at __________.

d. Valmy

Candide was written by ________.

a. Voltaire

The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a limited monarchy were called________.

a. Girondins

American War of Independence was ended with the Peace of Paris in the year _________.

d. 1783

Thomas Paines famous pamphlet was __________.

a. Common Sense

The Postmaster General of the Postal Department of the government of Continental Congress was______.

Benjamin Franklin

The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on________.

17th June 1775 Massachusetts.

The_______ Act insisted on repaying the debt in gold or silver.

Currency

The leader of National Assembly of France was________ .

Mirabeau

________ was guillotined for organizing a Festival of Liberty.

Herbert

Louis XVI was arrested at________ with his family when he tried to escape from France.

Varennes

i)The Portuguese were the pioneers of naval expeditions. ii) New Plymouth was named after the Quaker Penn. iii)Quakers have the reputation of encouraging wars. iv) The English changed the name of New Amsterdam to New York.

c. iv is correct

i) The American War of Independence was as much a civil war as a war against the British. ii) The British forces emerged victorious in York Town. iii) The nobles in France were supportive of the rising middle class. iv) The British Parliament repealed the Townshend Act except the tax on paper.

b. iii is correct

Assertion (A): Merchants of Boston boycotted the British goods Reason (R): The British Finance Minister introduced new duties on imports into American colonies

b. A is incorrect and R is not the explanation of A

Assertion (A): There was a massive peasant revolt in the Vendee against conscriptions. Reason (R): The peasants as supporters of the king did not like to fight against him.

a. Both A and R are incorrect

John Winthrop

France Finance Minister

Turgot

Massachusetts Bay

The Spirit of laws

Montesquieu

Marie Antoinette

Louis XVI

Seven years war

Britain and France

American Independence Day

July 4

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