AMSCO AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN questions with correct answers

Jean-Jacques Dessalines CORRECT ANSWER L'Ouverture;s successor who orchestrated a Hatian declaration of permanent independence in 1804: Haiti Declaration of Independence CORRECT ANSWER July 4, 1776; expressed the philosophy behind the colonists' fight against British rule, Thomas Jefferson picked up the phrase "unalienable rights" from John Locke in the document - Jefferson's rights being to life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness however New Zealand CORRECT ANSWER Inhabited by Polynesian ppl, the Maori, since the mid-1200s; the Maori developed a rich culture & ppl were divided into individual tribes (iwi) who sometimes fought New Zealand Wars CORRECT ANSWER Pressures from English control over Maori affairs & pressure for their land after colonization by the British & New Zealand annexation in 1840 led to this, a series of wars the British had won by 1872 Why was the meeting of the Estates General called in 1789? CORRECT ANSWER For France to address its awful financial situation; 3 sectors of society (estates) made it up: the clergy, nobility, & commoners, but inequality in voting caused the commoners (97% of society) to form a new body - the National Assembly Bastille Day (French Independence D