❗️QUIZIZZ - 062 The French Revolution

How is the French Revolution defined at the beginning of the video?

• As an overwhelming success

• As an event that ended absolutism in France

• As a bloody mess

• As a way to work for change peacefully

What was one reason France was deeply in debt before the French Revolution?

• Peasants stopped paying taxes

• Nobles and clergy spent all the money on churches

• France funded the American Revolution

• Peasants stopped paying taxes

What group did Louis call to meet and when was the last time they had met?

• All The King's Men, 1787.

• The King's Court, 1715.

• The Parliament, 1514.

• The Estates General, 1614.

When the Third Estate moved to the Tennis Court, what did they demand from the King?

• To let everyone live in Versailles.

• A Constitution.

• To end all taxation.

• To lower the price of bread.

What were three main rights outlined in the Declaration of Rights of Man?

• Freedom of religion, food and security.

• Liberty, voting and religion.

• Liberty, property and security.

• Security, freedom of expression and housing.

For the peasant women who went to Versailles and demanded the King and Queen move to Paris in the Women's March, the revolution was mostly about...

• Lack of food and a taxation system that made the peasants suffer most when the economy was bad.

• Enlightenment ideas outlined by Hobbes--an absolute monarch who controlled the chaos.

• Women's rights--they were demanding the right to the same salary as men and the right to vote.

• Enlightenment ideas such as the social contract and freedom of religion.

The Revolutionaries at this point wanted a Constitutional Monarchy in which the King would remain in power but work with an elected assembly.

• True

• False

Then main reason that the French Republic was established and the monarchy ended was...

• The war with Austria and Prussia where King Louis showed loyalty to fellow monarchs and NOT to the revolution

• The war with England where King Louis showed loyalty to the revolution and NOT to other monarchs

After King Louis XVI was killed, the new stage of the revolution began called

• The Anti-monarchy

• The Terror

• The Peaceful Republic

• The Robespierre Period

Who helped France win the war against Austria and Britain?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Prussia

• King Louis XVI

• Portugal