Unit 6: French Revolution & Napoleon

The Third Estate was made up of these people

• The Clergy

• The Nobility

• The common people

• Kings & Queens

Answer explanation

The Third Estate in France were the lower-class, aka the common people.

The Clergy made up the First Estate. The Nobility the second. Kings & Queens were above the social classes.

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

Answer explanation

In the Estates General, each Estate got 1 vote regardless of their percentage of the population.

Check your notes. What percentage of the population did the FIRST Estate make up? What about the SECOND? And, what about the THIRD? With that in mind, was it fair that each estate got the same number of votes in the French government?

Which of the following was NOT a domestic reform under Napoleon's imperial rule?

• Established public education opportunities

• Instituted a period of persecution and execution known as the "Reign of Terror"

• Set up a fair and equal tax code that led to a stable economy

• Seized power through a coup d'état and issued the Napoleonic Code

Answer explanation

The Reign of Terror came before Napoleon in the timeline of the French Revolution. It was led by Maximilien Robespierre (seen left)

The great French army that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion such a great disaster for Napoleon?

• There was a massive air attack by the Russians that wiped out most of Napoleon's army

• Russia's harsh and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleon's army

• The Battle of the Bulge caused many of Napoleon's troops to die from illness

• The newly-formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleon's army

Answer explanation

The cold of Russia, coupled with their policy of "scorched earth" where they burned everything they left behind while retreating, led to disaster for Napoleon's army. Ironically, the Russians used almost identical tactics in WWII to stop Hitler and the German army from advancing East

What cause of the French Revolution is represented by this image?

• Weak leadership of the monarchy

• Unequal social class system

• Economic crisis

• Inspiration from the Enlightenment

Answer explanation

Look closely at the image and it tells a story.

First, look at the man in blue/purple. What is he wearing around his neck? What estate might he belong to?

Second, look at the man in red. How is he dressed? Does he look wealthy or poor? What is he wearing around his neck? Whose symbol was the sun? Look at his sword. These types of swords were only word by French nobles or officers in the French army.

With all those questions in mind, what is this image trying to tell you? What's the message it's trying to send about social classes in France?

What leader is associated with this image?

• Napoleon

• Robespierre

• Louis XIV

• Louis XVI

Answer explanation

This map is showing the various territories that Napoleon ruled both directly and indirectly.

To rule directly means that Napoleon himself was in charge of that area. To rule indirectly means that someone else (who was basically a puppet for Napoleon) was in charge. That person couldn't make their own choices. They had to do what Napoleon said or they'd lose their power.

What benefit does this indirect rule have for Napoleon?

Which event is associated with this image?

• Reign of Terror

• Meeting of the Estates General

• Rise of Napoleon

• Storming of the Bastille

Answer explanation

During the Reign of Terror, almost 14,000 French citizens were executed by guillotine for a variety of reasons. The reason you'd lose your head could be as simple as "not revolutionary enough". Whatever that means...

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

• Napoleon

• Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• Montesquieu

Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the--

• Protestant Reformation

• French Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

Answer explanation

The Third Estate made up 98% of the French population so when they got hungry, angry, and began to understand the ideas of the Enlightenment, they started the French Revolution

What land does Napoleon sell to America?

• Louisiana Territory

• New Mexico Territory

• California

• Canada

Answer explanation

The massive white part of the map shown here represents the Louisiana Purchase where Napoleon sold 1/3 of the land of the continental United States to America