# The age of revolutions

> Grade 8: the American Revolution (1775-1783), the French Revolution (1789), ideas of liberty and equality, new constitutions, main facts and dates.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 8
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which group of people fought against Britain in the American Revolution? (The Canadian colonies / The French colonies / The Spanish colonies / The thirteen colonies)
   Answer: The thirteen colonies
2. In what year was the American Declaration of Independence adopted? (1766 / 1776 / 1783 / 1789)
   Answer: 1776
3. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? (Benjamin Franklin / George Washington / King George III / Thomas Jefferson)
   Answer: Thomas Jefferson
4. George Washington led the American army during the Revolutionary War.
   Answer: True
5. Which treaty of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War? (Treaty of ...)
   Answer: Treaty of Paris
6. Which famous prison was stormed by crowds in Paris in July 1789? (The Bastille / The Louvre / The Tower / Versailles)
   Answer: The Bastille
7. Which king of France was removed from power during the French Revolution? (Charles II / Henry VIII / Louis XIV / Louis XVI)
   Answer: Louis XVI
8. The French Revolution began in 1689.
   Answer: False
9. What were the three ideals of the French Revolution? (Faith, hope, charity / Land, bread, peace / Liberty, equality, fraternity / Work, rest, play)
   Answer: Liberty, equality, fraternity
10. What was the 1789 French statement of rights called? (Charter of the Rights of Farmers / Declaration of the Rights of Kings and Nobles / Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen / Treaty of the Rights of Nations)
   Answer: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
11. What is a constitution? (A list of a king's relatives / A set of basic laws for governing a country / A tax paid by citizens / A treaty that ends a war)
   Answer: A set of basic laws for governing a country
12. In what year was the US Constitution written in Philadelphia? (1776 / 1787 / 1799 / 1801)
   Answer: 1787
13. Enlightenment thinkers argued that people have natural rights, such as liberty.
   Answer: True
14. Many colonists protested 'taxation without representation'. What did they want? (A new king of their own / A say in the government that taxed them / Lower prices for tea only / No laws at all)
   Answer: A say in the government that taxed them
15. Which French general crowned himself emperor in 1804?
   Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
16. In which year did the American Revolutionary War begin with fighting at Lexington?
   Answer: 1775