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French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?
a)
unequal tax burdens; the Third Estate paid all of the taxes
b)
a growing French Empire
c)
a law granting peasants more freedom
d)
equal land ownership
2.

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

3.
The clergy and church officials made up which estate?
a)
First Estate
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
d)
Estates General
4.
The nobles made up which Estate?
a)
First Estate
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
d)
Estates General
5.

Why were peasants upset by taxes(SELECT TWO)

a)

They weren't high enough

b)

They were too high

c)

Tax evasion was very common

d)

Taxes were unfair among the estates

6.

Legislative group in France prior to the French Revolution that Louis had to meet with to raise taxes on the 3rd Estate:

a)

Congress

b)

Estates General

c)

National Assembly

d)

Old Regime

7.

Which group was taxed the most prior to the Revolution?

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

All taxed equally

8.

Which events was the officially started the French Revolution?

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

Tennis Court Oath

c)

Spanish Invasion

d)

Shooting at Lexington and Concord

9.

where did the 3rd estate storm for weapons

a)

The tennis courts

b)

The homes of citizens

c)

the church

d)

Bastille

10.

Which government was created by the 3rd Estate at that start of the Revolution?

a)

National Assembly

b)

National Convention

c)

Directory

d)

Committee of Public Safety

11.
Why was voting in the Estates General unfair
a)
votes were not secret
b)
each estate voted by how many members there were
c)
each estate got the same number of votes
d)
the King got two votes
12.

The ______ took place when the 3rd estate swore to write a constitution.

a)

Scorched Earth

b)

Storming of the Bastillee

c)

Estates General

d)

Tennis Court Oath

13.

Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety and established the Reign of Terror?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Robespierre

14.

What was the Reign of Terror?

a)

A period of mass execution without evidence

b)

A war against Austria, Britain and Prussia

c)

People getting beaten

d)

The Storming of the Bastille

15.

What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?

a)

Guillotine

b)

Hanging

c)

Electric chair

d)

Firing squad

16.

Which famous General seized power in 1795, crowned himself Emperor and brought the Revolution to an end?

a)

Napoleon Dynamite

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Charles deGaulle

d)

Charlemagne

17.

What were the series of laws passed by Napoleon that stabilized and unified France?

a)

Declaration of Rights of men

b)

Napoleonic Code

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Constitution

18.

A disastrous attempt to invade which country was the beginning of Napoleon's downfall?

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

Russia

d)

Prussia

19.

What was Russia's scorched-earth policy?

a)

Burning crops and villages as they retreated

b)

Invading France as the French army invaded Russia

c)

Encircling the French army as they approached

d)

Attacking the French army with burning projectiles

20.

The Napoleonic Code embodied ______________principles such as the quality of all citizens before the law, and religious toleration.

a)

totalitarian

b)

dictatorship

c)

Enlightenment

d)

socialist