Unit 2 Pre-Flashcard - The Age of Revolutions

Front

What was the name of the device that was used to behead Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI?

Back

Guillotine

Front

Which is the 3rd Estate?

Back

Bourguoisie/Commoner

Front

Which is the first estate? Options: Bourguoisie, Clergy, Nobles

Back

Clergy

Front

What did Napoleon crown himself?

Back

Emperor

Front

What did the Jacobins believe?

Back

That the revolution needed to continue (they wanted to get rid of the king completely)

Front

How could the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI best be described? Options: democracy, constitutional government, limited government, unlimited government

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unlimited government

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Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-rooted, cause of the French Revolution? Options: unequal tax on the 3rd Estate, equal land ownership, a law granting peasants more freedom, a growing French empire

Back

unequal tax on the 3rd Estate

Front

What Enlightenment thinker stated that the powers of government came from the people, not the king? Options: Napoleon Bonaparte, Maximilien Robespierre, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke

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John Locke

Front

Which French Revolutionary leader was responsible for the "Reign of Terror"?

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Maximilien Robespierre

Front

What was the name of the French Prison that was stormed during the Revolution?

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Bastille