quiz

• 1. Which family took control of England after the Wars of the Roses? -Tudors
• 2. How did King Edward VI expand the influence of the Anglican Church? - He abolished clerical (priest) celibacy, allowed church services to be donein English instead of Latin, and issued the Book of Common Prayer.
• 3. What religion did Queen Elizabeth I follow and why did the Puritans oppose it? - She was Anglican; the Puritans opposed it because they believed it was still too similar to the Catholic Church.
• 4. What was an immediate effect of the defeat of the Spanish Armada? - England emereged as a naval power.
• 5. Who represented of the working class in the House of Commons? - burgesses
• 6. Which house of Parliament were the nobles and clergy part of? - The House of Lords
• 7. Who was the first English king of the House of Stuart? - James I
• 8. Why did King Charles I assemble the Long Parliament? - He needed taxes to fund a war against Scottish and Irish rebels.
• 9. What were two sides of the English Civil War and who were they loyal to? - Royalists (Cavaliers) - Parliamentarians (Roundheads)
• 10. What was the nickname of the troops loyal to King Charles I? -Cavaliers
• 11. Who was Oliver Cromwell? - Leader of the New Model Army and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.
• 12. What was the significance of the execution of King Charles I? - His own people legally executed him.
• 13. What was the Petition of Right? - Document in which Parliament attempted to limit the power of King Charles I prior to the English Civil War.
• 14. What was England’s government called during the English Revolution? - A Commonwealth
• 15. Who became king of England when the monarchy was restored? - Charles II
• 16. Who became the new English monarchs during the Glorious Revolution? - William and Mary
• 17. What was the main reason people moved from England to North America? - To seek religious freedom.
• 18. What is a social contract? - An agreement between people and a government.
• 19. What did Thomas Hobbes promote? - Hobbes promoted absolute rule, justifying it as a need to maintain order in the chaos of human nature, thus people must obey it blindly.
• 20. What did John Locke promote? - Locke promoted the right to life, liberty and property and people's right to rebel against a government that fails to provide and protect those rights.
• 21. How did English Bill of Rights limit the power of the king? - It limited his power to intervene in political decisions.
• 22. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain? - Sir Robert Walpole
• 23. What was the Enlightenment? - Movement in the 18th century where philosophers applied science and reason to explain human nature.
• 24. Which French philosophe promoted separation of powers? - Montesquieu
• 25. Which French philosophe promoted freedom of expression? - Voltaire
• 26. What is popular sovereignty? - The belief that governments must submit to the will of the people.
• 27. Why did the British raise taxes on their American colonies? - To pay off their costs from the French and Indian War.
• 28. When did the United States adopt its modern federal government system? - 1789
• 29. What were the flaws of the Estates General? - They had not assembled in 175 years. Each Estate met separately. Each Estate had equal votes, although the Third Estate represented 98% of

  the whole population. The Estates General was an advisory assembly with no legal authority.
• 30. What did the National Assembly declare at the Tennis Court Oath? - They would continue to meet until a constitution was written.
• 31. What event on July 14, 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution? - The storming of the Bastille prison.
• 32. What did the National Assembly declare in 1789? - Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
• 33. What institutions took control of France after the National Assembly? - Legislative Assembly, National Convention, Directory
• 34. What happened at Varennes? - Louis XVI and his family got caught trying to flee France and join counter-revolutionaries.
• 35. Which faction took and individuals control of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety? - The Jacobins under the influence of Danton and Robespierre.
• 36. What changes to French society were made when France became a republic? - The Catholic Church was banned and replaced with cults. Calendar changed the names of months and the numbers of days in weeks. People were stripped of all social titles and to be addressed as citizens.
• 37. What happened during the Reign of Terror and the Thermidorian Reaction? - The slightest dissent towards revolutionary ideas, government policies or

  personally displeased Robespierre got people imprisoned or executed. In the Thermidorian Reaction, the Convention turned on Robespierre.
• 38. What was the first title Napoleon adopted when he took over? - Consul
• 39. What was significant about Napoleon’s Concordat? - It helped restore the presence of the Catholic Church in France.
• 40. What was the battle where Napoleon’s final defeat took place? - Battle of Waterloo