French Revolution & Napoleon

Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly’s decrees because

• the army turned against him and threatened to execute him.
• it was the only way he would be allowed to remain mayor of Paris.
• thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and  his family.
• his attempt to escape to Poland had failed.

What were the two major reasons that Napoleon’s Grand Empire collapsed?

• Napoleon’s greed and laziness within his bureaucracy
• the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism
• the resentment of the clergy and the plotting of the accountants
• France’s weak economy and the drain of Napoleon’s many wars

In his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by

• the bitter Russian winter. 
• a combined French and Swiss army. 
• the Duke of Wellington.
• the superior British navy.

Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly?

• National Assembly 
• Henry VIII 
• Paris Commune
• Marie Antoinette

The difference between the Girondins and the Mountain was that

• the Girondins were members of the Tennis Court, while the Mountain was not.
• the Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the Mountain wanted      the king executed.
• the Girondins were radicals in the city of Amsterdam, while the Mountain      represented Germany.
• the Girondins were legitimately elected by the people, while the Mountain seized                   power by force.

_________________ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety.

• Maximilien Robespierre 
• Jean-Paul Marat 
• Jean Valjean
• Victor Hugo

The National Assembly’s Constitution of 1791

• set up a limited monarchy. 
• abolished the monarchy. 
• gave all men a vote.
• satisfied the priests and lower classes.

Who led the coup d’etat that ended the Directory?

• Paris Commune
• Napoleon
• Committee of Public Safety
• Georges Danton

The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute

• Austrian prisoners. 
• the sans-culottes. 
• enemies of the republic
• Robespierre’s followers

Napoleon’s Continental System was designed to

• defeat Prussia. 
• stop British trade with Europe. 
• unify Italy.
• conquer Protestantism.