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WorksheetsFrench Revolution - Moderate Phase
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What two things influenced the French Revolution and caused the French people to look at their gov't in new ways?
The Renaissance
Enlightenment Ideas
American Revolution
The Age of Exploration
Who did many Frenchmen blame for France's financial problems and food shortages?
Louis XIV
George III
Louis XVI
George Washington
What form of gov't did French philosophes suggest replace the absolute monarchy?
oligarchy
tyranny
constitutional monarchy
democracy
What was the problem with the design of the Estates General in 1789?
It led to mob rule and anarchy
1% of the population could outvote everyone else.
It decreased the king's power
1% of the population was persecuted by vote.
How did the Estates General vote to solive the debt crisis, increasing tensions between the nobility and peasants?
Take from the very rich and redistribute to the poor
Tax the peasantry, who were starving
Confiscate the property of the church
Revoke the Edict of Nantes
What marks the beginning of the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
Execution of Louis XVI
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen
Rise of Napoleon to emperor
What Declaration of Independence inspired document was written by Marquis de Lafayette and laid out the rights of Frenchmen?
French Constitution
French Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
French Bill of Rights
What was the effect of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath?
The king's power increased
France became a dictatorship
France became a constitutional monarchy
Louis XVI fled to England
What ultimately happened to Louis XVI?
excommunicated by Pope
executed by guillotine
restored to the throne
exiled in Austria
What was the effect of the execution of Louis XVI?
The absolute monarchy of Louis XVI came to an end
Napoleon Bonaparte immediately became Emperor of France
The National Assembly dissolved
France became an absolute monarchy
