French Rev, part 3: Republican Revolution + The Terror

What event inspired the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue to revolt in 1791?

• The French army's victory in Lyon

• The Declaration of Pillnitz

• The flight of Louis XVI to Varennes

• The execution of Marie Antoinette

Why did the king and his family want to escape from Paris in 1791?

• To negotiate peace with the invading Prussian army

• To celebrate Easter with a priest who had not sworn loyalty to the new government

• To seek refuge in a neighboring country

• To join the rebels in Saint-Domingue

What was the significance of the flight to Varennes in the French Revolution?

• It strengthened radical voices hostile to the monarchy

• It led to the abolition of the monarchy

• It marked the end of the civil war in France

• It resulted in the king's successful escape from Paris

What was the outcome of the war declared by the Legislative Assembly on April 20, 1792?

• The king's brothers were successful in convincing other European powers to invade France

• The French forces won a decisive battle against the Prussian army

• The king was restored to full authority

• The French army was defeated in its first battles

Who were the Girondists in the French Revolution?

• Delegates to the Legislative Assembly who called for war to protect the revolution

• A faction in the assembly that distrusted the king and feared counter-revolutionary plots

• Supporters of the king's escape from Paris

• A group of radical revolutionaries in Paris

What was the significance of the September Massacres during the French Revolution?

• It provoked a backlash against the Committee for Public Safety

• It led to the execution of Marie Antoinette

• It marked the end of the civil war in France

• It resulted in the arrest of Maximilien Robespierre

What was the Committee of Public Safety created for in early April 1793?

• To promote civic virtues like justice and heroism

• To guide the government in reducing the role and power of the Catholic Church

• To centralize decision-making and put more authority in the hands of the Committee

• To enforce the Law of Suspects and eliminate perceived 'treasonous' individuals

What was the outcome of the de-Christianization movement during the French Revolution?

• The Convention declared religious freedom as one of the founding principles of the Revolution

• The movement led to the arrest and execution of Maximilien Robespierre

• The Paris Commune closed all churches and renamed the cathedral of Notre-Dame 'The Temple of Reason'

• The movement resulted in the restoration of the Catholic Church's authority

What was the Cult of the Supreme Being promoted by Robespierre in the French Revolution?

• A plan to increase the government's power to seek 'enemies of the people'

• A movement to centralize decision-making and put more authority in the hands of the Committee for Public Safety

• A law that defined treason more broadly and vaguely, leading to mass trials and executions

• A campaign to create a civic religion to unify France and not divide society like Catholicism did

What led to the end of the Terror during the French Revolution?

• The arrest and execution of Maximilien Robespierre and members of the Committee

• The implementation of the Law of Suspects and the de-Christianization movement

• The defeat of the French forces in Lyon and Toulon

• The success of the Committee for Public Safety in eliminating all perceived 'treasonous' individuals