French Revolution Review

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy
• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st and 3rd Estates

One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• sans culottes
• denoument

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille?

• When French women stormed the palace.
• A period of mass executions.
• Storming of the French prison.End of the French Revolution.
• Peasants storm a French prison. Beginning of French Rev.

Why did the radical Legislative Assembly declare war on Austria and then Prussia in 1792?

• to stop the monarchs in Austria and Prussia from conquering France
• to stop émigrés from returning to France
• to increase the size of France’s borders
• to spread the revolution and destroy other monarchies

The radicals who took over the revolution were led by

• Louis XVI
• Robespierre
• Rousseau
• Marquis de Lafayette

What was the final outcome of the French Revolution?

• the declaration of the Edict of Nantes
• Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France
• unification of French city­ states
• the restoration of Louis XVI

What was the name of Napoleon's set of rules and regulations?

• Napoleon's Way
• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
• Napoleonic Code
• French Code of Ethics

What was one way that the French Revolution changed life in France?

• It eliminated feudal class privileges.
• It separated church and state.
• It led to greater social disparities between the Three Estates.
• It discouraged the rise of nationalism.

After Napoleon escaped from Elba Island and regained control of his armies and rallied his allies, where was he finally defeated for the last time?

• Madrid, Spain
• Waterloo, Belgium
• Moscow, Russia
• Paris France