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Women's Roles/Parisian Women's March
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
Estates/National Assembly
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What year did the French Revolution start? 1) 1772 2) 1789 3) 1792 4) 1815
2) 1789
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What caused the panic among the peasants during the Great Fear?
The bad harvest and rumors/conspiracies that the nobles were trying to starve them.
100
Women are the ---- that drives the french Revolution
Engine
100
Did Louis XVI support the Declaration?
No, because it limited his power
100
Who was in the 1st estate?
Clergy
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The Great Fear resulted in: 1)Killing of ‘witches’ 2)Illegitimate births among peasants 3)The nobility fleeing France 4)Panic and riots among peasants
4)Panic and riots among peasants
200
When the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, Louis XIV
relented after the storming of the Bastille
200
Why were women mad that they couldn't buy bread?
Bread was a staple to their diets and they couldn't feed their families without it
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What group of people created the Declaration?
the National Assembly
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What did the 3rd estate call themselves after breaking apart from the Estates General?
The National Assembly
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Which of the following groups was least represented in the Estates: 1)Clergy 2)Nobles 3)Farmers 4)Middle class
3)Farmers
300
The phrase "law is an expression of the general will" from the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen shows the influence of
Rousseau
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Where did the Parisian women march to?
Versailles
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Which Enlightenment philosophe inspired parts of the Declaration?
Rosseau
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What two things did the 3rd estate propose to try to get more power?
1) Double their number of people 2) Voting by head (not by group)
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Women participating in the March to Versailles would most likely be: 1)Nobility 2)Peasants 3)Singers 4)Nuns
2)Peasants
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Who said "It is better to be feared than loved"
Machiavelli
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What was the result of the Parisian Women's March?
Louis gave them more bread
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What was the immediate impact of the Declaration?
Brought in many groups of people who were excluded from active civic life in the past
400
What was the National Assembly's main goal?
To make a consitution
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Which of the following is NOT a reason the 3rd estate wanted more power within the Estates General? 1) Had very little political control even though they drove the economy 2) Didn't want an absolutist government 3) They wanted Louis XVI to have more power 4) Wanted to create equal rights for all citizens
3) They wanted Louis XVI to have more power
500
What was the impact of the fall of the Bastille?
Represents the many days on which the populace of Paris redirected the revolution
500
Biggest accomplishment by Women in the French Revolution is that they...
March from Paris to Versailles
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How does the Declaration contrast France's previously existing absolute monarchy?
Gave equal rights to everyone and limited the power of the king
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What was the Tennis Court Oath?
The National Assembly met in an indoor tennis court where they swore an oath that they would continue to meet until they create a constitution for France