The French Revolution

What was the cause of the French Revolution?

Hint: #12 from Study Guide

• Too much bread

• Land was distributed unequally

• Disagreements between the First and Second Estate about the economy

• A large gap between the lower class taxpayers and the rich upper class

Choose the statement that most accurately describes the First, Second, and Third Estates of France

• The monarchy fears the anger of the people

• The privileged people of France fear the anger of the underprivileged

• The nobility holds society together

• The middle class holds society together

The Reign of Terror was imposed (forced) on the people by which group?

Hint: #17 from Study Guide

• The Committee of Public Safety

• The National Assembly

• The nobility

• The clergy

What problems led to the overthrow of the Directory?

Hint: #18 from Study Guide

• aristocrats exploited the people

• the rising power of the church

• the Reign of Terror

• war, political weakness, and corruption

Napoleon closely embodied the ideas of the French Revolution more than Louis XVI because...

• Napoleon wasn't married to a former princess

• Napoleon was elected head of France before he had any power

• Napoleon rose to power without being a member of the elite aristocracy

• Louis XVI was a constitutional monarch

The Napoleonic Code took ideals from the Enlightenment and French Revolution like...

Hint: #16 from Study Guide

• schools should only be for the rich

• it got rid of taxes

• all men are equal under the law

• only men should have power

The Napoleonic Code was...

Hint: #15 from Study Guide

• a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established by Napoleon

• a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established by King Louis XVI

• a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established by Max Robespierre

A meeting of monarchs who met at a conference to restore stability in Europe and redraw the map of Europe is known as...

Hint: #20 from Study Guide

• Congress of the Directory

• Congress of Vienna

• Congress of Nobility

• Congress of the National Assembly

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the Declaration of Independence are similar because they both...

Hint: #13 from Study Guide

• abolished government

• were based on the idea that citizens had equal political rights

• stated that the purpose of government is to protect individual rights

The Revolutions of 1848 resulted in...

Hint: #19 from Study Guide

• the spreading of nationalism in Europe to spread very slowly

• Napoleonic Wars

• long-term changes in the decades ahead

• rulers of nations in 1848 sharing power more widely