French Revolution Test Review

A police group created during the French Revolution to keep the people "safe"

• The National Assembly

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Committee of Public Safety (COPS)

Name of a famous prison in Paris and the site of the first violent act of the French Revolution

• Versailles

• Bastille

• Le Petit Trianon

A machine with a heavy blade used for cutting off people's heads

• Catapult

• Guillotine

• Scissors 😂

The _____ made up the First Estate.

• Priests and church leaders

• Nobles

• Peasants

Nobles made up the _____ Estate.

• First (1st)

• Second (2nd)

• Third (3rd)

_____ made up the Third Estate.

• Priests and church leaders

• Nobles

• Peasants and everyone else

What caused France's money problems before the French Revolution?

• The 3rd Estate could not pay their taxes.

• France helped America in their American Revolution.

• The king and queen spent lots of money.

• All of the above.

True or False: After the Women's March to Versailles, the royal family was forced to move to Paris.

• True

• False

Who was killed first?

• King Louis

• Queen Marie Antoinette?

How many people were killed by the guillotine during the Reign of Terror?

• 1,000

• 20,000

• 40,000