Let them eat cake!
Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!
Marie-Antoinette (during hunger protests before the revolution)
Which event kick-started the American revolution?
Boston tea party
What kind of building was the Bastille?
A prison
Where was Napoleon born?
In Ajaccio, on the island of Corsica
How many US presidents can you name?
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden
Louis has to die so our Fatherland can live
Louis doit mourir, parce qu'il faut que la patrie vive
Maximilien de Robespierre (in parlament, when discussing the king)
Which river is crossed by George Washington in this painting?
the Delaware
Why did dr. Guillotine invent the guillotine?
He wanted people to be executed humanely and equally
Where is Napoleon riding his horse in this painting?
The Alps
On which date was Louis XVI executed by guillotine?
21st of January 1793
I die innocent of all crimes you accuse me of. I forgive those responsible for my death.
Je meurs innocent de tous les crimes qu’on m’impute. Je pardonne aux auteurs de ma mort.
Louis XVI (minutes before his execution)
What is the dog on the left called in the Disney film Aristocats? He shares his name with a famous French general fighting along the American revolutionaries.
(Marquis de) La Fayette
What is the name of the woman in this painting?
Liberty
Marianne
France
Why did Napoleon want to become Emperor of the French?
He admired to Roman Empire and wanted to link his reign to the Roman Caesars.
How many soldiers died on the battlefield at Waterloo?
51.000
France, the army, the head of the army, Josephine.
La France, l'armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine.
Napoleon (final words)
Name five groups of people who did not benefit from the American revolution
Women, slaves, farmers and workers, loyalists, indigenous people
No taxation without representation was the slogan for the Americans. What slogan was used widely during the French revolution?
BONUS!
Liberty, equality and fraternity
Liberté, égalité et fraternité
Name three things that came to Sweden/Germany because of Napoleon
Code Napoléon, no more torture in prisons, universal rights for men, liberty to choose you profession, universal units for measurement, laws are equal for all, freedom of press, universal public schools, public musea and libraries
How many days passed between the discovery of the Rosetta stone by Napoleons army and the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion?
8.106 days
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin (a year before the American revolution)
Why was the American revolution so inspiring for the French?
It showed ordinary people (like the third estate) could rise up against an absolute monarch, defeat his armies, seize power and choose their own path/destiny.
Which superpowers emerged after the Vienna Congress?
Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia
Napoleons actions have had huge consequences for the world, leading to two world wars. How?
The Louisiana purchase doubles the US in size, making it a superpower
Prussia becomes the leading German nation that later on unifies and creates Germany
How many words are in the original version of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, excluding the title?
778 words