The French Revolution and Napoleon

How was French society divided before the French Revolution?

• Into Noble and commoners

• Into three estates

• Into fiefdoms

• Into two groups: free people and slaves

What movement influenced both the bourgeoisie and the nobles before the French Revolution?

• Rationalism

• Enlightenment

• Scholasticism

• British Empiricism

In addition to the monarchy, what other political institution existed in pre-Revolutionary France?

• a weak Parliament

• a cabinet of ministers with a Prime Minister

• a religious oligarchy

• a strong Parliament

After being locked out of their meeting place by anti-revolutionaries, the revolutionary group, known as the National Assembly, met to write

• The Constitution of 1795

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

• The Tennis Court Oath

• The French Bill of Rights

Two basic liberties included in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen were

• freedom of speech and freedom of the press

• equal rights for women and freedom for slaves

• privacy and exemption from taxes

• privileges for the nobles and lands granted to the clergy

What philosophical movement influenced the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

• The Enlightenment

• The Scholasticism

• The Rationalism

• The Reformation

During the French Revolution, who ordered the execution of King Louis XVI?

• The Estates General

• The National Assembly

• The French Senate

• Maximilien Robespierre

How was King Louis XVI executed?

• Firing squad

• Guillotine

• Gallows (hanging)

• Burning at the steak

What was the Reign of Terror?

• King Louis XVI's reign

• Reformations made to the Church during the French Revolution

• A set of harsh policies put into place to persecute counter-revolutionaries.

• Napoleon Bonaparte's reign.

Violence during the Reign of Terror was primarily directed towards

• The French

• The British

• The Americans

• The Germans