Review Template #12: Chapter Nine WHAP/Princeton Review
Even More Not So Old Stuff: Sometime Around 1750 to About 1914
Questions:
1-What was the conflict between Britain and France in the 1700s known as in the American colonies and what was it known as in Europe?
2-What was an outcome of the French and Indian War?
3-How did the British view the costs of the war and who did they feel had not adequately shared in the burden?
4-What did George Grenville and Charles Townshend do?
5-What did the Revenue Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, and the Tea Act of 1773 have in common?
6-Explain the significance of the slogan: “no taxation without representation.”
7-What happened in Boston Harbor?
8-What happened in Lexington and Concord?
9-Who was Thomas Paine and why was he significant?
10-Why did the French support the American colonists?
11-Who was General George Cornwallis and why was he significant?
12-What were two significant causes of the American Revolution (From Focus On: Cause and Consequences of the American Revolution)?
13-Why were several causes of France’s debts?
14-What did Louis XVI need to do to address France’s debts?
15-What was the Estates General and why had it not met in some 175 years?
16-Describe the three estates of prerevolutionary France.
17-What did the representatives of the Third Estate want?
18-Why did the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly on June 17, 1789?
19-What happened in France on July 14, 1789?
20-What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
21-What did the Assembly abolish and what did the Assembly alter?
22-What did the French Revolution establish?
23-Why did the establishment of a constitutional monarchy upset certain groups of people in France?
24-Why did the Austrians and Prussians invade France?
25-What was the Convention?
26-Who were the Jacobins and why were they significant?
27-Compare and contrast the American and French Revolutions.
28-What was the Committee of Public Safety and why was it significant?
29-Who was Maximilien Robespierre and why was he important?
30-What was the Directory?
31-Who overthrew the Directory in 1799?
32-Cite four significant facts about the Napoleonic Codes.
33-What did Napoleon’s troops accomplish?
34-What happened in 1804?
35-What happened in 1812?
36-How did the invasion of Russia affect Napoleon’s troops?
37-Who were the principal leaders in deciding how to restore order to Europe after Napoleon?
38-What happened at Waterloo?
39-What was the Congress of Vienna?
40-Explain the significance of the term: “balance of power”.
41-How was France treated by the Congress of Vienna?
42-What new kingdoms were created by the Congress of Vienna?
43-How did the Congress of Vienna attempt to restore the “old ways”?
44-What did the Congress of Vienna essentially try to erase?
45-What did the Congress of Vienna restore?
46-What revolutions inspired European colonies in Latin America?
47-Why was Europe in chaos? What did this distract European powers from?
48-Where did the first successful Latin American revolt take place?
49-What was 90 percent of the population of “Haiti” by 1800?
50-Who was Pierre Toussaint L’Ouverture and why was he significant?
51-How did Yellow Fever affect the outcome of the conflict in “Haiti”?
52-What happened to L’Ouverture?
53-Who was Jacques Dessalines and why was he significant?
54-What did Napoleon do after he invaded Spain in 1808?
55-Who did the colonists decide to remain loyal to?
56-Who was Simón Bolívarand why was he significant?
57-What was Gran Colombia?
58-What did Bolívar envision?
59-What geographic and cultural factors ultimately ended Bolívar’s dream for South America?
60-Who was José de San Martín and why was he significant?
61-Who was Bernardo O’Higgins and why was he significant?
62-What had happened by the 1820s in South America?
63-What did John VI do in 1807? Why?
64-What did his son, Pedro, do when he, John VI, returned to Portugal?
65-What was the greatest single accomplishment of Pedro II?
66-Why was a republic established in Brazil in 1889?
67-Who was Miguel Hidalgo and why was he significant?
68-Who was Jose Morelos and why was he significant?
69-Why did the land-owning class turn against Jose Morelos? What happened in 1815?
70-When and why was independence achieved in Mexico?
71-What was the significance of the Treaty of Córdoba?
72-Describe the social hierarchy in many Latin American colonies after independence.
73-Compare and contrast the United States and Latin America after independence.
74-Why did significant differences exist between United States and Latin America after independence?
75-Did the Catholic Church generally protect the status quo or challenge it in Latin America? Explain your answer.
76-Which institution was one of the largest landowners in Latin America?
77-Why were the economies of Latin America still largely dependent on Europe after independence?
78-How did the fact that most Latin American economies did not diversify after independence impact Latin American societies?
79-What were some of the notable exceptions in Latin America? Be specific.
80-What was one of the consequences of the Napoleonic era?
81-Define nationalism.
82-How did the Italian and German city-states differ from other European regions?
83-Describe the Italian peninsula in the mid-nineteenth century.
84-What did the king of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, do in 1849?
85-What did Count Camillo Cavour do to remove Austria from Italy?
86-Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi and why was he significant?
87-What happened to the Italian peninsula by 1861?
88-What happened to the Italian peninsula by 1870?
89-Why did Italy have a hard time unifying culturally?
90-How did Prussia achieve economic preeminence?
91-Who was Otto von Bismarck and why was he significant?
92-What did Bismarck do to achieve German unification?
93-Discuss the Franco-Prussian War.
94-What was the Second Reich and what was the First Reich?
95-What happened in Germany in 1888 and in 1890?
96-How did Germany become one of the most powerful nations in the world?
97-Who was Alexander II and why was he significant?
98-What was the Emancipation Edict in Russia?
99-Describe the lives of Russian peasants whether in the fields or in the factories.
100-What happened to Alexander II in 1881?
101-What was significant about the reign of Alexander III?
102-Discuss Russification.
103-Who was Nicholas II and how did he try to rally the Russian people?
104-What was Bloody Sunday?
105-What did the czar do to attempt legislative reform?
106-Describe the relationship between the Duma and the czar.
107-What nation did the Ottomans continually fight throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Why?
108-What had Greece, Egypt, and Arabia done in relation to the Ottoman Empire?
109-What did the British and French fear would happen if the Ottoman Empire fell entirely?
110-What was an effect of the Crimean War?
111-What did Britain gain control of in 1883?
112-What was the Monroe Doctrine and why was it significant?
113-Why did Britain back up the U.S.A.’s Monroe Doctrine?
114-What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
115-Why did the United States incite Panamanians to declare their independence from Columbia?
116-What were the effects of the Spanish-American War of 1898?
117-Discuss technology and intellectual developments in the period from 1750 – 1914.
118-Discuss changes and continuities in the role of women in the period from 1750 – 1914.
119-What was an enormous force on all continents during this time period?
120-How did the imperialists use nationalism and how did the conquered use nationalism?
121-Discuss the complexities of change during this time period.