French Revolution
What number of people in France were in the peasant or middle social class?
30 million
26 million
500,000
What is 26 million
What is a coup d'etat?
A military invasion
An overthrow of the current government
A declaration of war
What is an overthrow of the current government.
Who was the dictatorship ran by?
King Louis the XIV
Napoleon
Robespierre
Who is Napoleon.
List at least 3 philosophers who inspired the French Revolution
Robespierre, John Locke and Jean Rousseau
John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Napoleon
John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu
Who is John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu.
What happened to Louis the XVI?
He spent his life in prison
He was hanged in front of everyone to see
He was decapitated
What is decapitation!
Which of the following issues is the most significant cause of the French Revolution?
What is monarchy and economic inequality
What is economic and social inequality
What is noble and monarch inequality
What is economic and social inequality.
Who was the leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilian de Pierre
Maximilian de Robespierre
Maximilian de Jesus
What is Maximilian de Robespierre.
True or false? France controlled most of Europe after the French Revolution (under Napoleon).
What is true.
How many French citizens were killed during the Reign of Terror?
9-10,000
15-32,000
16-18,000
What is 16-18,000
Who was one of the most hated nobility, hated for her extravagant lifestyle and parties?
Who is Marie Antoinette
Why was the vote unfair when Louis XVI voted at the Estates-General?
Each estate got one vote, even though the Third Estate comprised 98% of the population.
Each estate got one vote even though the third estate comprised 40% of the population
What is Each estate got one vote, even though the Third Estate comprised 98% of the population.
This group of five men controlled France after the fall of King Louis XVI.
The Projectory
The Directory
The Third Estate
What is The Directory
Describe the incident which sparked the French Revolution.
What is the attack by the Third Estate on the Bastille State Prison and setting free prisoners sparked the Revolution.
This group represented the common people of France and demanded that the king make economic reforms to ensure that the people had food to eat.
The National Guard
The National Assembly
The National Veteran Association
What is The National Assembly
What was the main purpose of the Committee for Public Safety?
To keep the citizens of France Safe
To find anyone who is a traitor of the revolution
What is to find anyone who was a traitor of the Revolution.
Why was France in tremendous debt prior to French Revolution? List two reasons.
What is many of the kings lived extravagant lifestyles, France supported America in the American Revolution, and the structure of the tax system only required the 3rd Estate to pay.
How did the French Revolution affect Feudalism (the system of king/nobility/peasants)?
It made things way worse
It abolished Feudalism and renamed everyone Citizen
It had monarchs in power longer
What is it abolished it; renamed everyone Citizen
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Life, Liberty, and Equality
Liberty! Equality! and Fraternity!
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Liberty! Equality! and Fraternity!
What was the main aim of the draft constitution?
To maximize the power of the church
To maximize the power of the monarch
To limit the power of the monarch
What is to limit the power of the monarch.
Napoleon was finally defeated in which famous battle?
The Battle of Waterbuffalo
The Battle of the Bastille
The Battle of Waterloo
What is Battle of Waterloo.
Why did members of the National Assembly storm the Bastille?
It was a symbol of royal powers; they also needed gunpowder and ammunition
The National Assembly were under strict orders from King Louis to take action
What is it was a symbol of royal powers; they also needed gunpowder and ammunition.
What event caused Napoleon's empire to crumble?
A deadly retreat through England
A deadly retreat through Germany
A deadly retreat through Russia
What is a deadly retreat through Russia
When did the French Revolution begin? Hint: it's a date celebrated by current French people.
July 4, 1789
July 14, 1789
July 25, 1789
What is July 14, 1789.
Where did Louis XVI convene the assembly of the Estates General?
At the palace of Versailles on May 5, 1789
At Buckingham palace on May 5, 1789
At the Bastille on May 5, 1789
What is Versailles on May 5, 1789.
What was the main purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
To determine new boundaries for the Americas
To determine new boundaries for Asia
To determine new boundaries for Europe
What is to determine new boundaries for Europe.