French Revolution and Napoleon

Which leader would have used this machine to execute enemies of the Revolution?

• Napoleon

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

• Metternich

Who came to power in France at the end of the French Revolution?

• Napoleon

• Louis XIV

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the

• monarchy

• nobles

• clergy

• commoners

Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the

• French Revolution

• Counter Reformation

• Industrial Revolution

• Spanish Reconquista

Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution?

• ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte

• nationalization of the Church

• outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety

• demand of the Third Estate for more political power

Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

• instituting the Reign of Terror

• protecting the Catholic Church

• supporting the reign of King Louis XVI

• sending French troops to fight in the American Revolution

“. . . Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. . . .”

—Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution?

• natural law

• nationalism

• free trade

• socialism

The third estate was mad because the economy and society was:

• Equal

• Fair

• Equitable

• Unequal

Estate is another word for:

• Social class

• Dinner Date

• Unfair Taxes

• King's Palace

The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

• Bastille

• White House

• Palace

• Guillotine