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Choose the correct statement

Assertion (A): There was a massive peasant revolt in the Vendee against conscriptions.


Reason (R): The peasants as supporters of the king did not like to fight against him.


A: There was a strong revolt in Vendee, during the days of the National Convention. The revolt was against the conscriptions – hiring of soldiers to serve in the army. But Robespierre’s Department of Public Safety cracked down on the revolting men with a heavy hand.


R: R is incorrect. The peasants were jealous of the King. They never liked his lavish lifestyles, and in fact, were responsible for the departure of the King from Versailles to Varennes. They were eager and forthright to raise their pitchforks and mob the king’s palaces and estates.

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Choose the correct statement

i) The American War of Independence was as much a civil war as a war against the British.


ii)The British forces emerged victorious in York Town.


iii) The nobles in France were supportive of the rising middle class.


iv) The British Parliament repealed the Townshend Act except the tax on paper.


 3 C

Choose the correct statement

Assertion (A): Merchants of Boston boycotted the British goods


Reason (R): The British Finance Minister introduced new duties on imports into American colonies


 4

Match the following

1. John Winthrop – France Finance Minister


2. Turgot – July 4


3. The Spirit of laws – Britain and France


4. Marie Antoinette – Massachusetts Bay


5. Seven years war – Louis XVI


6. American Independence Day – Montesquieu


 5

Answer the following questions briefly

Who were Puritans? Why did they leave England?