The French Revolution

The King of France during this time.

• Richard I

• Henry VIII

• Louis XVI

• George III

Which of these helped inspire the French Revolution?

• The American Revolution

• Enlightenment ideas

• Peasant revolts against high taxes

• all choices

When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (1789) at the start of the French Revolution, they were attempting to

• establish a military government

• persuade Napoleon to take power

• restore the king to power

• draft a new constitution

Which of these first demonstrated that popular protest would play role in the French Revolution?

• the reign of the Committee of Public Safety

• the trial of Louis XIV

• the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

• the fall of the Bastille

About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

• 98%

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

• Robespierre was executed by guillotine

• French women marched all the way to Versailles

• A mob stormed it looking for gunpowder, ammunition, and weapons

• All of the above

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

• National Guard
• National Assembly
• National Congress
• Continental Congress

The French Revolution began in 

• 1650

• 1789
• 1876
• 1901

France abolished the monarchy and became a

• Kingdom

• Country

• Republic

• State

During the reign of terror many people were

• Happy

• Celebrating

• Executed

• Blasted