French Revolution Crash Course

What was the name of the system with kings and nobles in France before the revolution?

• Ancien Régime

• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

• Committee of Public Safety

• Tennis Court Oath

Why was France deeply in debt by 1789?

• Funding the American Revolution

• Excessive spending by King Louis XVI

• Hailstorms that ruined the harvest

• All of the above

What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Storming of the Bastille

• Women's March on Versailles

• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

• Execution of Louis XVI

Who led the Committee of Public Safety during the Terror?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

What was the main goal of the National Assembly?

• To establish a constitutional monarchy

• To create a republic

• To restore the French monarchy

• To abolish the nobility

What did the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen proclaim?

• Rights that applied to every person

• Rights that only applied to non-slaves

• Rights that only applied to men

• Rights that only applied to the clergy

Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz, promising to restore the French monarchy?

• Leopold II and King William Frederick II

• Maximilien Robespierre and Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette

• Committee of Public Safety and National Assembly

Who became the First Consul of France after the coup in 1799?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Louis XVI

• Leopold II

What was the outcome of the French Revolution?

• Restoration of the monarchy

• Establishment of a constitutional monarchy

• Creation of a republic

• All of the above

What were the radical ideas of the French Revolution?

• Laws come from citizens, not from kings or gods

• Laws should apply to everyone equally

• Both A and B

• None of the above