French Revolution

In what year did the French Revolution begin?

• 1688

• 1754

• 1776

• 1789

• 1815

Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• high taxes

• the intolerable acts

• bread shortages

• the Enlightenment

• lack of representation

Who became the leading figurehead for the revolutionaries?

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

What marked the official outbreak of the revolution?

• Tennis Court Oath

• storming of the Bastille

• signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• execution of Louis XVI

Which three values were at the center of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

• fraternity

• equality

• liberty

• pursuit of happiness

• life

Which correctly orders the sequence of governments during the revolution?

• monarchy, constitutional monarchy, republic, anarchy, monarchy

• monarchy, constitutional monarchy, republic, monarchy, anarchy

• republic, anarchy, constitutional monarchy, monarchy

• constitutional monarchy, monarchy, anarchy, republic

What act formed the National Assembly?

• storming of the Bastille

• execution of Louis XVI

• Tennis Court Oath

• institution of the Terror

• signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

Which Estate formed the National Assembly?

• Clergy

• Nobility

• Commoners

• a compact of clergy, nobility, and commoners

Which actions were taken against the Church during the Revolution?

• calendar changed

• streets renamed

• clergy imprisoned and executed

• creation of a new goddess - Reason

Why is the French Revolution considered a "True" Revolution?

• equal rights were established across all classes

• the oppression of Absolute monarchy were destroyed

• it went full circle, beginning and ending in monarchy

• it changed every aspect of French society