French Revolution - Moderate Phase

What two things influenced the French Revolution and caused the French people to look at their gov't in new ways?

• The Renaissance

• Enlightenment Ideas

• American Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

Who did many Frenchmen blame for France's financial problems and food shortages?

• Louis XIV

• George III

• Louis XVI

• George Washington

What form of gov't did French philosophes suggest replace the absolute monarchy?

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• constitutional monarchy

• democracy

What was the problem with the design of the Estates General in 1789?

• It led to mob rule and anarchy

• 1% of the population could outvote everyone else.

• It decreased the king's power

• 1% of the population was persecuted by vote.

How did the Estates General vote to solive the debt crisis, increasing tensions between the nobility and peasants?

• Take from the very rich and redistribute to the poor

• Tax the peasantry, who were starving

• Confiscate the property of the church

• Revoke the Edict of Nantes

What marks the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Storming of the Bastille

• Execution of Louis XVI

• Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen

• Rise of Napoleon to emperor

What Declaration of Independence inspired document was written by Marquis de Lafayette and laid out the rights of Frenchmen?

• French Constitution

• French Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

• French Bill of Rights

What was the effect of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath?

• The king's power increased

• France became a dictatorship

• France became a constitutional monarchy

• Louis XVI fled to England

What ultimately happened to Louis XVI?

• excommunicated by Pope

• executed by guillotine

• restored to the throne

• exiled in Austria

What was the effect of the execution of Louis XVI?

• The absolute monarchy of Louis XVI came to an end

• Napoleon Bonaparte immediately became Emperor of France

• The National Assembly dissolved

• France became an absolute monarchy