French Revolution
What number of people in France were in the peasant or middle social class?
What is 26 million
What is a coup d'etat
What is an overthrow of the current government.
Who was the dictatorship ran by?
Who is Napoleon.
List at least 3 philosophers who inspired the French Revolution
Who is John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu.
What happened to Louis the XVI?
What is decapitation!
Which of the following issues is the most significant cause of the French Revolution?
What is economic and social inequality.
Who was the leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror?
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?
What is 16-18,000
Who was one of the most hated nobility, hated for his/her extravagant lifestyle and parties?
Who is Marie Antoinette
Why was the vote unfair when Louis XVI voted at the Estates-General?
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.
What is The Directory
Describe the incident which sparked the 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.
What is The National Assembly
What was the main purpose of the Committee for Public Safety?
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)?
What is it abolished it; renamed everyone Citizen
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Liberty! Equality! and Fraternity!
What was the main aim of the draft constitution?
What is to limit the power of the monarch.
Napoleon was finally defeated in which famous battle?
What is Battle of Waterloo.
Why did members of the National Assembly storm the Bastille?
What is it was a symbol of royal powers; they also needed gunpowder and ammunition.
What event caused Napoleon's empire to crumble?
What is a deadly retreat through Russia
When did the French Revolution begin? Hint: it's a date celebrated by current French people.
What is July 14, 1789.
Where did Louis XVI convene the assembly of the Estates General?
What is Versailles on May 5, 1789.
What was the main purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
What is to determine new boundaries for Europe.