Course of the French Revolution

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT:

• Demands by the monarchy for political change

• Food shortages and famine

• Enlightenment ideas

• Financial crisis

• Influence of American Revolution

Which sequence of events is in chronological order (from 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd)?

• Tennis Court Oath, Storming of Bastille, Execution of King

• The Directory, Estates-General, National Assembly

• Reign of Terror, Tennis Court Oath, Execution of the King

• Execution of King, Tennis Court Oath, Storming of the Bastille

Which of the following was responsible for the convening (meeting) of the Estates General in 1789:

• the storming of the Bastille.

• peasant rejection of increased manorial dues.

• royal abolition of guild restrictions.

• the French government's near bankruptcy.

• religious warfare between Huguenots and Catholics.

The seizure of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 was important because it:

• gave the sans-culottes a strong fort from which to launch attacks.

• released thousands of prisoners who joined the revolutionaries.

• represented a successful attack on the tyranny of the Old Regime.

• placed the royal family under the control of the Paris mobs.

What is the name of the document passed by the National Assembly?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
• US Constituion
• Tennis Court Oath
• English Bill of Rights

The Committee of Public Safety was established to:

• negotiate a military alliance with England.

• combat the dual threat of internal rebellion/counter revolutionaries and foreign invasion.

• provide the nation with a new, liberal monarchy.

• negotiate the safe return of the French army from Prussia.

The greatest number of victims under "The Terror" (1793-1794) were from which social group:

• clergy

• nobility

• bourgeoisie

• peasants

During the era of the French Revolution, the Thermidorean Reaction:

• terminated the Reign of Terror and led to the execution of Robespierre.

• initiated the Reign of Terror.

• resulted in the dissolution of the National Assembly.

• witnessed the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Women were involved in the French Revolution in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• Marching on Versailles to accost the king and queen.

• Organizing political clubs advocating political rights for women.

• As sans-culottes.

• Sewing tents and clothes for war.

• As delegates of the Third Estate in the National Assembly.