French Revolution Quiz 2

After being outvoted many times in the past, the third estate established the ________ to write a constitution and create more fair laws.

• National Assembly

• Estate General

• Parliament

• Inquisition

Before the French Revolution, why did the representatives of the Third Estate form the National Assembly?

• voting in the Estates General was not fair

• the king had ordered them to do so

• they wanted an end to the Reign of Terror

• they demanded that the king be put on trial and executed

This person claimed it was possible to build a "republic of virtue". He also lead the Reign of Terror.

• Napoleon

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

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

• Napoleon

• Louis XIV

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

• Bastille

• White House

• Palace

• Guillotine

This man was King of France during the Revolution.

• Louis the 14th

• Napolean

• Louis the 16th

• King George the 2nd

This woman became Queen of France during the revolution.

• Cleopatra

• Joan of Arc

• Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

• Marie Antoinette

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

When the 3rd estate got locked out of the National Assembly, this happened:

• Storming of the Bastille

• Tennis Court Oath

• Committee of Public Safety

• Invention of the Guillotine

The Committee of Public Safety ruled during the:

• Reign of Awesome

• Third Reich

• Reign of Terror

• Trumps second term