112 Final review

What event was the SYMBOLIC start of the French Revolution?

• The Tennis court oath

• The women's march on Versailles

• The Reveillon riots

• The storming of the Bastille

Who was the most important representative at the Congress of Vienna?

• Alexander I

• Klemens von Metternich

• Napoleon

• Woodrow Wilson

In 1806 Napoleon and Davout beat the Prussians at

• Jena/Auerstedt

• Friedland/Eylau

• Wagram/Warsaw

• Marengo/Turin

Who was the leader of the Reign of Terror?

• Marie Antoinette

• Georges Danton

• Jean Paul Marat

• Maximillien Robespierre

The greatest number of victims under “The Terror” (1793-1794) were from which social group?

• Nobility

• Clergy

• Peasants

• bourgeoisie

France became a republic in

• 1812

• 1792

• 1795

• 1803

The most serious blunder made by the National Assembly during the early stages of the French Revolution was

• enactment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

• cancellation of the assignats

• appointing Lafayette to run the National Guard

• letting the Bastille fall

Which of the following was a persistent cause for agitation and protests by the Parisian lower classes in the 18^th Century?

• bourgeoisie demands for a greater say in government

• lavish displays of wealth by the First Estate

• frustration of artisan's attempts to organize unions

• substantial increases in bread prices

The Old Regime of pre-1789 France consisted of three-estates,

• the monarchy, the bishops, and the knights

• the clergy, the nobility, and everyone else

• the clergy nobility and bougeoisie

• the clergy , nobility and the peasantry

A major reason the French national debt could not be carried was

• the nation was to poor

• tax exemptions

• peasants refused to pay taxes

• tax collector corruption