Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer.

Statement I: In 1765, the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act which imposed stamp taxes on all business transactions.

Statement II: In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France.

1. Statement (I) is correct and statement (II) is incorrect.
2. Statement (I) is incorrect and statement (II) is correct.
3. Both statements (I) and (II) are incorrect.
4. Both statements (I) and (II) are correct.

Which among the following statements is correct?

1. America was discovered by Columbus in CE 1492.
2. Rousseau wrote that subjects have the right to overthrow a king who does not rule according to the general will.
3. The most important effect of the French Revolution was that it awakened national feelings.
4. All the above

Who among the following was finally defeated in 1815 in the battle of Waterloo?

1. George Washington
2. Rousseau
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. Napoleon Bonaparte

Fill in the blanks.

1. The thirteen American colonies were assisted by France under …………… in gaining their freedom from their mutual enemy, Britain.

2. The American Revolution began in …………… .

3. The First Estate in France was made up of …………… .

4. The USA has a …………… constitution, which makes the country a Federal, Democratic Republic.

5. England had …………… in North America.

6. American thinker …………… asked the people to rebel against their …………… .

7. A new country called …………… was born after the American Revolution.