Name the king and queen of France at the start of the French Revolution.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Napoleon's loss at the Battle of Trafalgar, or Bastille Day?
Bastille Day
As Napoleon's Grand Armee invaded Russia, there were limited resources, livestock, and fields because of...
Russia's scorched earth policy
What happened on July 14, 1789 when Parisians stormed a prison in an effort to gain weapons & materials for the revolutionary cause! This hinted at the violence of the resolution and is not celebrated as a national holiday.
Bastille Day
What political cartoon technique uses comparison between the way things are, and the way things should be?
Irony
Which group sat in the MIDDLE of the Legislative Assembly? What did they advocate for?
Moderates - wanted some changes, but nothing too drastic!
Who were the bourgeoisie?
Members of the new French middle class, who had money and improved social standing but were limited as members of the Third Estate prior to the revolution
What was one right included in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
(Answers may vary)
Name the song OR artist that starts with the follow lyric...
"Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you"
Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
What were two long term causes of the French Revolution?
1. inequalities in French society 2. debt (wars & Versailles) 3. Enlightenment ideas 4. Inspiration from the United States 5. Poor harvests 6. Increase in bread prices -> inflation
Name one event that signaled the start of the French Revolution
Answers may vary!
- 3rd Estate voting to become the National Assembly
- Tennis Court Oath
- Bastille Day
- Great Fear
- DOROMAC...
What was the slogan of the revolutionaries?
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
the beheading of King Louis XVI or Napoleon's coup d'etat?
the beheading of King Louis XVI