French Revolution

What groups of people made up the First and Second Estate?

• clergy and bourgeoisie

• peasants and middle class citizens

• nobles and clergy

• working class citizens and emigres

What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?

• the Third Estate should be abolished

• all men were free and equal

• all Frenchmen had to pay taxes

• French Revolution was null and void

What did the French people hope Napoleon would do?

• restore Louis XIV

• provide stability for the nation

• end British control of France

• adopt the ideas of the Protestant Reformation

Who made the Tennis Court Oath?

• a group of moderates known as Girondists

• Napoleon

• representatives of Third Estate

• King Louis XVI

Who was Louis XVI's wife?

• Marie Antoinette

• Maria Teresa

• Madame Bovary

• Josephine Beauharnais

The Enlightenment and American Revolution influenced the French Revolution.

• True

• False

Who led the Reign of Terror?

• Napoleon

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

• Danton

Who surrounded the palace and forced Louis XVI to leave Versailles and return to Paris?

• nobles demanding greater privileges

• women demanding bread

• soldiers demanding higher wages

• peasants demanding voting rights

On July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed what place to obtain gunpowder and weapons?

• Eiffel Tower

• Bastille

• Versailles Palace

• Tuileries Palace

Which of the following DO NOT apply to the Great Fear?

• attacks on nobles occurred throughout the country

• hungry, impoverished peasants feared that nobles were seeking greater privileges

• peasants fled abroad to Africa and the Middle East

• France suffered the worst famine in history