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The French Revolution

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Social Inequalities

b)

Spread of Absolutism ideas

c)

A failing French economy

d)

the American Revolution

2.

They were NOT part of the 3rd Estate

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

City workers

c)

Nobles

d)

Peasants

3.

All of these contributed to a failing French economy EXCEPT

a)

Spread of Enlightenment ideas

b)

Bad harvests

c)

extravagant spending by Marie Antoinette

d)

Giving money to the American colonists

4.

Well-off merchants, bankers, lawyers, etc. are know as

a)

Taille

b)

Abbots

c)

Artisans

d)

Bourgeoisie

5.

Who dis?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

King Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

6.

Assembly of delegates

a)

Estates General

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Versailles

d)

Sans-Culottes

7.

Rumors that soldiers were going to attack French citizens led to the

a)

execution of the King

b)

storming of the Bastille

c)

the Great Fear

d)

Tennis Court Oath

8.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen contained all of the following ideas EXCEPT

a)

all men were free and equal

b)

public office based on talent

c)

the 3rd estate should pay all the taxes

d)

free speech

9.

What group "convinced" Louis XVI to leave Versailles and go back to Paris?

a)

The Jacobins

b)

National Assembly

c)

The Directory

d)

Women

10.

The Constitution of 1791 set up a

a)

Limited Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

National Assembly

d)

Directory

11.

These people were considered radicals?

a)

the Sans-culottes

b)

the Directory

c)

the Girondins

d)

the Abbots

12.

He led the Committee of Public Safety

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Maximilien Robespierre

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Louis XIV

13.

Which group did Napoleon overthrow to take control of France?

a)

Directory

b)

Committee of Public Safety

c)

National Assembly

d)

Consulate

14.

Napoleon took this title

a)

King

b)

Czar

c)

Emperor

d)

President

15.

Napoleon did all of the following EXCEPT

a)

stage a coup d'etat

b)

make a new set of laws

c)

make peace with the Catholic Church

d)

guillotine thousands

16.

Who dat?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

King Louis XVI

d)

Marie Antoinette

17.
One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 
a)
bourgeoisie
b)
aristocracy
c)
sans culottes
d)
denoument
18.
What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?
a)
all the estates were taxed equally
b)
the upper classes paid the most taxes
c)
the poorest classes paid all the taxes
d)
the third estate was the wealthiest
19.

What was the name of Napoleon's set of rules and regulations?

a)

Napoleon's Way

b)

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

Napoleonic Code

d)

French Code of Ethics

20.

What did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

To execute the king

b)

To write a new constitution

c)

To stage a Coup d'etat

d)

To make France independent

21.
Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?
a)
defeat and occupation by Prussian army
b)
rejection of Enlightenment ideas
c)
participation in the American Revolution
d)
the rise of Napoleon
22.
 All of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy except the __________.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
ideas of the Enlightenment 
23.
Napoleon Bonaparte used his power to change France into an empire. What other change did he bring to France? 
a)
He created a bureaucracy based on social class or birth.
b)
He devised a new legal code for France.
c)
He ended European wars.
d)
He raised taxes. 
24.

Most of the people (97-98%) of France belonged to the

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

4th Estate

25.
Who were the Jacobins?
a)

A Radical Political Group.

b)

A Conservative Political Group.

c)
People loyal to King Louis XVI.
d)
Members of the 1st Estate
26.
Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 
a)
unequal tax burdens
b)
equal land ownership
c)
a law granting peasants more freedom 
d)
a growing French empire
27.
When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:
a)
Women's March on Versailles
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Tennis Court Oath
28.
The third estate attacked a prison looking for guns and ammunition. In the process, they killed all the guards, let the prisoners go, and tore down portions of the old fort brick by brick. This event is known as:
a)
Storming of the Bastille
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Tennis Court Oath
29.
What was the Estates-General? 
a)
A group that was made up of reps from all 3 estates.
b)
Group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror. 
c)
Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away. 
d)
A radical group. 
30.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
the queen's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
31.

Who dis?

a)

Maxine Robespierre

b)

Marie Wollstonecraft

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Mrs. Cloherty

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