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SOL Review #4
Question Guide
1. Why did English kings need Parliament?
2. Why did Charles I summon Parliament in 1640?
3. What event triggered the English Civil War?
4. Describe the following groups:
a. Cavaliers
b. Roundheads
5. Why was the execution of Charles I a significant event?
6. Why did Parliament invite Charles II to return to England?
7. Describe the reign of Charles II.
8. Why did many Englishmen dislike James II?
9. Why did Parliamentary leaders invite William and Mary to become the
king and queen of England?
10. Identify two rights listed in the English Bill of Rights.
11. What is a limited monarch?
12. In the end, was Parliament or the king more powerful? Why?
13. The ______________________ and ____________________ influenced
the French Revolution.
14. Why did the Parisians storm the Bastille?
15. What happened during the Reign of Terror?
16. What happened to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
17. Who came to power in France at the end of the French Revolution?
18. Which two revolutions inspired the people in Latin America to fight for
independence?
19. _____________________ led Haiti’s independence movement.
20. ___________________ is known as the “Liberator.”
21. Describe Napoleon’s legacy.
22. Explain “balance of power.”
23. Conservatives at the Congress of Vienna wanted to turn back the clock
to 1789. Explain.
24. What are the goals of liberals?
25. What are the goals of conservatives?
26. What is nationalism?
27. What is the connection between the Congress of Vienna and the
Revolutions of 1830 and 1848?
28. How did Great Britain avoid a political revolution during the 1800s?
29. Who unified Northern Italy?
30. Who led the Red Shirts and joined Southern Italy to Northern Italy?
31. What was the last territory to join Italy? Why?
32. Who led Germany’s unification movement?
33. How did Bismarck unify Germany?
34. Which war led to the creation of a German state?
35. Explain realpolitiks.