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AP World History
Chapter 16 Reading Questions
Atlantic Revolutions and their Echoes (1750-1914)
Comparing Atlantic Revolutions
1.
2.
(A)
What conventional ways of living and thinking came under attack during the
Atlantic revolutions?
(B)
What new ideas were focused on instead?
Why have the Atlantic revolutions often been referred to as “democratic revolutions”?
The North American Revolution (1775-1787)
3.
Why did the British colonies in North America enjoy considerable independence in the
17th and 18th centuries? Explain all reasons.
4.
Why was social life in the British colonies more open (with less social distinctions) than in Europe?
5.
(A)
What was the major cause of the American Revolution?
(B)
Why did Great Britain do this to the colonies?
6.
How did society change in America following the American Revolution?
The French Revolution (1789 – 1815)
7.
Describe the Estates General  include how many “estates” there were, who was in
them, the percentage of the population they made up, etc.
8.
(A)
What was the National Assembly?
(B)
What is the name of the document it created?
9.
How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
10.
What were the grievances expressed by each of the following groups:
11.
(A)
Members of the nobility =
(B)
Educated middle-class groups =
(C)
Ordinary urban residents =
(D)
Peasants =
(A)
Describe the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794. Be detailed.
(B)
What event sparked the Reign of Terror?
12.
Describe the many ways in which the impact of the French Revolution was felt.
13.
Describe who Napoleon Bonaparte was AND what his role in the French Revolution was.
Be detailed!
14.
What practices did Napoleon implement within his European empire?
15.
What finally brought down Napoleon and his empire?
Haitian Revolution
16. What did the principles of the French Revolution mean to each of the following groups in Haiti?
(A)
rich white landowners =
(B)
poor whites =
(C)
free people of color =
(D)
slaves =
17. Describe the revolt that started the Haitian Revolution.
18. (A) As the Revolution continued, power gravitated toward which group?
(B) Who was their leader?
19. What was unique and remarkable about the Haitian Revolution?
20. How AND why did the economy of Haiti change following the revolution?
Spanish-American Revolutions
21. Why did Spanish American struggles for independence occur decades later than those of
British North America?
22. What European events virtually thrust the Spanish American colonies into revolution?
23. Why did the process of independence last more than twice as long in Latin America as it
did in North America?
24. Describe the concept of “nativism” in Latin America.
25. What factors prevented all of the Spanish colonies from uniting together?
26. Describe each of the following in the aftermath of their respective revolutions:
(A) North America =
(B) Latin America =
The Abolition of Slavery
27. Describe the following strands of anti-slavery thinking:
(A)
Secular =
(B)
Religious =
(C)
Economic =
(D)
Political =
28. How did the end of slavery affect the lives of former slaves?  Include economic and
political repercussions.
Nations and Nationalism
29. What is the difference between a “nation” and a “state”?
30. What did nationalism inspire each of the following groups to do?
(A)
Germans and Italians =
(B)
Greeks and Serbs =
(C)
Czechs and Hungarians =
(D)
Poles and Ukrainians =
(E)
European Jews =
31. What is “civic nationalism”?
32. What was the German version of nationalism like?
Feminist Beginnings
33. Answer the following regarding the first women’s rights convention:
(A)
(B)
(C)
When it took place =
Where it took place =
Main speaker =
34. What were the major concerns/goals of 19th-century feminists?
35. List the many achievements of 19th-century feminism.
36. How did their opponents view these feminists?