Exploring the Key Events of the French Revolution

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

• The Enlightenment

• The discovery of the New World

• Financial mismanagement and social inequality

• The invention of the steam engine

What did King Louis XVI's financial reform package propose?

• A reduction in military spending

• A universal land tax that included the upper classes

• The abolition of the monarchy

• Increased taxes on the peasantry

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• A pledge by the Third Estate not to disperse until constitutional reform was achieved

• A secret meeting of the nobility to plan the king's downfall

• A vow to play tennis until the king agreed to tax reforms

• An agreement between France and Britain to end hostilities

What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

• The Battle of Trafalgar

• The storming of the Bastille

• The signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• The execution of Louis XVI

What was the Great Fear?

• The anticipation of Napoleon's return from exile

• A peasant uprising that spread across France

• A financial crisis that led to widespread panic

• A period of intense paranoia among the French nobility

What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaim?

• The beginning of Napoleon's reign

• The rights to liberty, property, and resistance to oppression

• The end of the French Revolution

• The establishment of a constitutional monarchy

Who was sentenced to death by guillotine during the Reign of Terror?

• Jacques Necker

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximilien Robespierre

What was the outcome of the Thermidorian Reaction?

• The drafting of a new constitution

• The restoration of the monarchy

• The establishment of the Directory

• The beginning of the Napoleonic Wars

How did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power?

• He overthrew the Directory

• He inherited the throne

• He was appointed by the National Convention

• He was elected by the people