Unit 4 The French Revolution Review

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed all of the following EXCEPT

• an end to tax exemptions

• freedom of speech

• equal rights for women

• freedom of the press

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

The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was

• a promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis bracelets.

• a vow to continue meeting until they had produced a French Constitution.

• an oath of loyalty to the King.

• a promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tried and executed

Louis the 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 marched on the palace and captured him and his family.

• his attempt to escape to Poland failed.

According to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

• bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state.

• the Church was to be separate from the government.

• the Methodist Church was to replace Catholicism as the state religion.

• the Church was to take over the Legislative Assembly.

The Paris Commune was the lawmaking body established by the Constitution of 1791.

• True

• False

The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to

• create public works to improve France.

• defend France from threats.

• protect the Paris Commune from threats.

• protect the King.

In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention

• declared new national holidays celebrating French culture.

• Ordered the building of new libraries and universities.

• pursued a policy of de-Christianization, going so far as to adopt new calendar.

• drafted yet another constitution to reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Napoleon’s coup d’état overthrew the ________ to establish his consulate.

• Directory

• City mayor

• British government

• Legislative Assembly

The three major parts of Napoleon's Empire were

• the First Estate, the Second Estate, and the Third Estate.

• France, Morocco, and Algeria.

• the French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.

• Austria, Prussia, and Serbia.