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The French Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A French lawyer and politician, ___________ eventually became a leader of the Jacobin Club and most influential figure of French Revolution?

a)

Robespierre

b)

Toussaint L’Ouverture

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Rousseau

2.

Group that was formed under the National Assembly that took power and governed France during the Reign of Terror

a)

The Directory

b)

The Jacobins

c)

The Committee of Public Saftey

d)

The National Assembly

3.

Which of the following happened first?

a)

Meeting of the Estates General

b)

Execution of Louis XVI

c)

Storming of the Bastille

d)

The Reign of Terror

4.

All of the following were political ideas put forth by the enlightenment philosophers EXCEPT

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Equality

c)

Constitutionalism

d)

Divine Right of Kings

5.

The middle class belonged in which social class?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

6.

The French Revolution ended when Napoleon

a)

Was democratically elected Emperor

b)

Led a coup d'etat against the Directory

c)

Won the Battle of Waterloo

d)

Gave power to the Committee of Public Safety

7.

What was the name given to the period after the Reign of Terror when France was led by the Directory and moved in a more conservative direction?

a)

National Convention

b)

National Assembly

c)

First Republic

d)

Thermidorian Reaction

8.

Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General in 1789 to

a)

Discuss the Financial crisis and the bankruptcy facing the French state

b)

Force all the nobles to come live at Versailles

c)

Put Robespierre on trial

d)

Declare France a Constitutional Monarchy

9.

_______ was the King of France during the beginning of the French Revolution and was later put on trial and beheaded during the Reign of Terror.

a)

Henry IV (4)

b)

Louis XVI (16)

c)

Louis XIV (14)

d)

Napoleon

10.

During the liberal phase, the National Assembly set up what type of government?

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Absolutist Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Democracy