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The French Revolution Begins

100

Question: What were the three social classes in France called before the revolution?

Answer: The three estates

200

Question: What was the name of the French parliament that met in 1789?

Answer: The Estates-General

300

Question: What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution?

Answer: The near collapse of the French budget

400

Question: What did the Third Estate declare themselves on June 17, 1789?

Answer: The National Assembly

500

Question: What document declared that all men were free and equal before the law?

• Answer: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Radical Revolution and Reaction

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What was the name of the group that began meeting in September 1792 to rule France and draft a new constitution?

Answer: The National Convention

200

Question: Which political group represented radicals in Paris and was associated with the Jacobin club?

Answer: The Mountain

300

Question: What method was used to execute Louis XVI on January 21, 1793?

Answer: The guillotine

400

Question: What was the name of the period when the government executed thousands of suspected enemies of the revolution?

Answer: The Reign of Terror

500

Question: What committee was given broad powers and controlled the French government from 1793 to 1794?

Answer: The Committee of Public Safety

The Rise of Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars

100

Question: Where was Napoleon born in 1769?

Answer: Corsica

200

Question: What rank did Napoleon hold in the French army after finishing military school?

Answer: Lieutenant

300

Question: What country did Napoleon suggest invading instead of Britain in 1797–1799?

Answer: Egypt

400

Question: What was Napoleon’s empire made up of three parts called?

Answer: The French Empire, dependent states, and allied states

500

Question: What are the two major reasons Napoleon’s empire collapsed?

Answer: Britain’s ability to resist Napoleon and the rise of nationalism

The Fall of Napoleon and the European Reaction

100

Question: In what year did Napoleon decide to invade Russia?

Answer: 1812

200

Question: What did the Russians do as they retreated during Napoleon’s invasion to deny his army supplies?

Answer: They burned their own cities

300

Question: What was the name of Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Moscow?

Answer: The Great Retreat

400

Question: Where was Napoleon exiled after his defeat in 1814 in Russia?

Answer: The island of Elba

500

Question: What was the name of the meeting held in 1814 where European leaders tried to restore the old order after Napoleon’s defeat?

Answer: The Congress of Vienna

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Question: What social class in France made up the majority of the population before the Revolution?

Answer: The Third Estate

200

Question: What event forced King Louis XVI to accept the demands of the revolutionaries after women marched to Versailles in October 1789?

Answer: The October Days march to Versailles (October 5–6, 1789)

300

Question: What group of revolutionaries convinced the National Convention to execute Louis XVI?

Answer: The Mountain

400

Question: What military machine was used to execute people quickly during the French Revolution?

Answer: The guillotine

500

Question: What meeting brought together European leaders like Metternich to reshape Europe after Napoleon’s defeat?

Answer: The Congress of Vienna