French Revolution and Napoleon

One of the causes of the French Revolution was:

• Industrial Revolution

• Absolute monarchy and social inequality

• Discovery of America

• End of feudalism

Fill in the pyramid below explaining the Estate System – who was in each group?

• Top: First Estate (Clergy), Middle: Second Estate (Nobility), Bottom: Third Estate (Commoners)

• Top: Second Estate (Nobility), Middle: First Estate (Clergy), Bottom: Third Estate (Commoners)

• Top: Third Estate (Commoners), Middle: First Estate (Clergy), Bottom: Second Estate (Nobility)

• Top: Third Estate (Commoners), Middle: Second Estate (Nobility), Bottom: First Estate (Clergy)

4. The king and queen during the French Revolution were:

• Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon and Josephine

• Charles X and Marie Thérèse

• Louis XIV and Anne of Austria

The Tennis Court Oath was:

• a promise by the Third Estate not to disband until a constitution was written

• a treaty between France and Britain to end the Napoleonic Wars

• a famous tennis match in Paris

• a law passed by the National Assembly that granted women the right to vote

During the Great Fear, which of the following occurred?

• Peasants attacked manors and destroyed feudal records

• The king was overthrown by the nobility

• France declared war on England

• The Bastille was stormed by revolutionaries

On July 14, 1789, what event marked the start of the French Revolution?

• The storming of the Bastille

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• The execution of Louis XVI

• The Tennis Court Oath

The philosophical movement that pushed the political ideals that inspired the French Revolution was:

• Romanticism

• Enlightenment

• Existentialism

• Realism

Maximilien Robespierre was:

• a French revolutionary leader

• a famous painter

• an Italian scientist

• a British king

13. The Reign of Terror was a period during which:

• France experienced mass executions and political purges.

• The monarchy was restored to power in France.

• Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of France.

• The American colonies declared independence.

Absolute Monarchy is defined as:

• A system where the monarch has unlimited power

• A government ruled by elected representatives

• A system where power is shared between monarch and parliament

• A government with no central authority