Samacheer Kalvi solutions for Social Science [English] Class 9 TN Board chapter 1.09 - The Age of Revolutions [Latest edition]

The first British colony in America was ______.

The pioneer of French Revolution who fought on the side of Washington against the British was ______.

Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson and Mirabeau wrote the_____.

The defeat of British at ____________ paved the way for the friendship between France and America.       

____________ was the symbol of “Royal Despotism” in France.

The forces of Austria and Prussia were defeated by the French Revolutionary forces at____________ .

Candide was written by ____________.

The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a limited monarchy were called____________.

American War of Independence was ended with the Peace of Paris in the year____________.

Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet was____________.

The Postmaster General of the Postal Department of the government of second Continental Congress was ____________.

The battle of Bunker Hill was fought on____________.

The____________ Act insisted on repaying the debt in gold or silver.

The leader of National Assembly of France was____________.

____________was guillotined for organizing a Festival of Liberty and Reason.

Louis XVI was arrested at____________ with his family when he tried to escape from France.

Choose the correct statement

1. The Portuguese were the pioneers of naval expeditions.
2. New Plymouth was named after the Quaker Penn.
3. Quakers have the reputation of encouraging wars.
4. The English changed the name of New Amsterdam to New York.

Choose the correct statement

1. The American War of Independence was as much a civil war as a war against the British.
2. The British forces emerged victorious in York Town.
3. The nobles in France were supportive of the rising middle class.
4. The British Parliament repealed the Townshend Act except the tax on paper.

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.

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.

Match the following

Who were Puritans? Why did they leave England?

What do you know about the Quakers?

Point out the significance of “the Boston Tea Party”.

Attempt an account of “September Massacres”.

Explain the composition of “Three Estates of France”.

Sketch the role of Lafayette in the French Revolution.

What was the background for the storming of Bastille Prison?

What were the taxes the peasants had to pay in France on the eve of Revolution?

“Taxation without Representation” led to the outbreak of American War of Independence – Explain

Highlight the contribution of French Philosophers to the Revolution of 1789