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WorksheetsFrench Revolution and Napoleonic Era
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
What is the deep reason for the Jacobins coming to power?
Fear and panic due to the war with Austria and more
The Jacobins believing in having a constitutional monarchy.
The average person hating Robspierre.
A fear of Napoleon coming to power .
Social class consisting of the upper levels of the clergy.
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
The CHURCH!
The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
1.2.3.. BOURGEOISIE!
French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people
Estates General
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Congressional Assembly
A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.
Tennis Court Oath
Handball Oath
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.
Storming of the Bastille
The Great Fear
Storming of Pompei
Sandstorm
Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Radical political club during the French Revolution that wanted to remove the king and establish a republic. Both middle class men and women joined.
Sans-Cullotes
Radicals
Emigres
Jacobins
A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
Beheader
National Razor
Guillotine
Head chopper-offer 3000
Why did the French people hate Marie Antoinette?
She was critical of the church
She was from a poor English family
She lived a modest lifestyle
She produced no heir for many years and flaunted luxury
What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety led by Robespierre?
Defend the revolution against foreign and domestic enemies
Stop the spread of revolutionary ideas
End slavery in the colonies
Research new execution methods
What does this statement best illustrate? "L'État, c'est moi." ("The state, it is me.")—Louis XIV
Absolutism and Divine Right Monarchy
Democratic ideals
Constitutional Monarchy
The beliefs of enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu.
Why was Napoleon able to take power?
The French were convinced that only democratic elections could save them from the chaotic situation they were in.
People will often be willing to give up their freedom in exchange security and stability when desperate.
Because the Jacobins successfully encouraged people to follow Napoleon's leadership.
Because he believed in the idea that people were born with a "blank slate" and could help Robespierre create a "Republic of Virtue."
Who was put in power after Napoleon's first exile?
Schorr XVIII
Louis XVIII
The Committee of Public Safety
Catherine the Great
Which event marked the beginning of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?
The storming of the Bastille
The Tennis Court Oath
The formation of the National Assembly
The execution of King Louis XVI
What was the main purpose of the Continental System established by Napoleon?
To promote trade with Britain
To create a new French constitution
To block British goods from reaching European markets
To encourage the spread of revolutionary ideas
Which group made up the majority of the Third Estate in pre-revolutionary France?
Clergy
Nobility
Peasants and urban workers
Royal family
The threat of foreign intervention to restore Louis XVI to the throne caused the French Revolution to
become more radical.
spread to other countries.
pursue the goal of equality.
fail in its attempt to reform French society.
When Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia met at the Congress of Vienna for peace talks after Napoleon’s defeat, their aim was to
reignite the spirit of the French Revolution.
restore European monarchs to power.
select a nation to lead all of Europe.
allow France to reclaim territories it lost in the war.
Match the following
members of the Paris Commune who wore long pants to identify with common people
sans-culottes
leader of the Committee of Public Safety who enforced policies of the Reign of Terror
Robespierre
the middle class, including professionals
bourgeosie
post-revolutionary leader who advocated restoring the monarchy throughout Europe
Klemens von Metternich
belief that people should be free from government restraint
liberalism
Match the following
right of powerful nations to maintain order throughout Europe
principle of intervention
Napoleon's plan to weaken the British economy
Continental System
a sudden overthrow of the government
coup d'etat
prison attacked at the outset of the French Revolution
Bastille
the unique cultural identity of a people
nationalism
Why did foreign governments like Britain, Austria, and Prussia invade France during the revolution?
They wanted to take France for themselves.
They wanted to reinstate the monarchy.
They wanted to support the revolutionaries.
They wanted to make Napoleon the emperor of France.
What was the executive branch that consisted of five members?
Directory
Coup d'etat
Elector
Bourgeoisie
What was the result of Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
Russia puts the scorched-earth policy and Napoleon loses men to the Russian Winter
The Russians quickly lose to Napoleon
Napoleon does not invade Russia
Napeolon and Russia sign a peace treaty
