The French Revolution

One of the causes of the French Revolution was the anger people were feeling about:

• the Tennis Court Oath
• government control of the Catholic Church
• France's financial problems
• Maximilien Robespierre

Similarities between the ideals of the French Revolution and the American Revolution can be seen in the language found in which two documents?

• The Declaration of Independence & The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• The Tennis Court Oath & The U.S. Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence & The Magna Carta
• The Magna Carta & The English Bill of Rights

Prior the French Revolution, approximately 97% of the population belonged to which social group?

• First and Second estates
• Peasants
• Third Estate
• Jacobins

In what way did the wealthy, educated bourgeoisie (middle class) members differ from other members of the Third Estate?

• They were influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment
• They had no money and needed food
• They had fewer rights than the poor peasants
• They had less political power than the poor peasants

The men who swore the Tennis Court Oath promised not to leave until:

• the king was dead
• they elected a new king
• they created a new constitution
• they were allowed to return to the Meeting of the Estates General

Immediately following the Tennis Court Oath, nobles fled from France, chaos ensued, and the Bastille was stormed. This period is know as:

• The Great Fear
• Reign of Terror
• Reformation
• Enlightenment

What was the significance of the Storming of the Bastille?

• It is celebrated in France as the beginning of the revolution
• It gave the Third Estate confidence that the king's forces could be defeated
• It provided revolutionaries with weapons and gun powder needed for protection
• All of the above

As the French Revolution began, the goal was to establish which form of government?

• A constitutional monarchy
• An absolute monarchy
• An empire
• A Republic

Which of the following events best demonstrates the end of the moderate phase and the beginning of the radical phase of the French Revolution?

• The creation of a new constitution
• The execution of the king
• The execution of Robespierre
• The Tennis Court Oath

Monarchies that neighbored France reacted to the start of the Revolution by:

• Sending soldiers to help the revolutionaries succeed.
• Sending money to ransom the imprisoned King Louis XVI.
• Declaring war on France to restore the king to power.
• Doing nothing since it was a French problem.