Crash Course Euro. - The French Revolution

What was the general state of France in 1789 leading up to the revolution?

• It was a prosperous nation with a strong economy and happy populace.

• It was a bankrupt absolute monarchy with widespread poverty and unrest.

• It was a constitutional monarchy with a balanced distribution of wealth.

• It was a republic that had recently won a major war.

What was one of the reasons Marie Antoinette was seen as out of touch with the common people?

• She refused to wear French fashion.

• She spent lavishly while many French citizens faced starvation.

• She actively campaigned against the rights of the poor.

• She encouraged the king to raise taxes on bread.

What was a significant obstacle to reforming France's tax system before the revolution?

• The king refused to consider any changes to the tax laws.

• The common people refused to pay any new taxes.

• The Church and aristocracy hardly paid taxes and wouldn't vote to change that.

• Foreign powers threatened war if France changed its tax structure.

What was the main declaration made by the Third Estate in the Tennis Court Oath?

• They would establish a new monarchy with a different king.

• They would play a tennis match to determine a leader.

• They would not disband until they had created a nation of individual citizens, not subjects.

• They would form an alliance with foreign powers against the king.

What significant event occurred on July 14th, symbolizing the monarchy's arbitrary power and fueling the revolution?

• The Women's March to Versailles.

• The signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

• The storming of the Bastille fortress.

• The king's attempt to flee France.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen included which of the following principles?

• Only men of property could vote.

• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.

• The king's power is absolute and divinely ordained.

• Catholicism must remain the official state religion.

The modern political terms "left," "center," and "right" originated from the seating arrangement of political parties in which assembly?

• The British Parliament.

• The American Continental Congress.

• The French National Assembly.

• The Estates General.

What was one of the significant changes for women during the early French Revolution?

• They gained the right to vote in national elections.

• New laws that ended men's absolute power over the family & inheritance.

• They were allowed to hold high political offices.

• They were granted equal pay for equal work.

What major political change occurred in France in 1792?

• The monarchy was strengthened.

• The French monarchy was abolished.

• A new emperor was crowned.

• France became a constitutional monarchy.

What new execution device was introduced during the French Revolution and used for King Louis XVI?

• The Firing Squad

• The Hanging Gallows

• The Guillotine

• Poisoning