WorksheetsWhat happened after the French Revolution?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When was Robespierre executed by the guillotine?
June 1793
June 1794
June 1793
July 1794
After Robespierre's death what was the name given to the group of middle-class landowners that governed France?
The Directory
The Committee
The Dictators
The Bureaucrats
How did the new government of France try to stop the sans-culottes from influencing how France was run?
They only allowed elections for one member of the Directory per year.
Only richer people were allowed to vote for the national chamber that passed laws.
Any revolts by the sans-culottes were ruthlessly put down.
All of the above
Which of these events were not threats to the new government of France?
Workers' uprisings
famine
Britain invaded France
paper money became worthless due to inflation
When did Napoleon, a great army general, successfully stop a revolt by supporters of the monarchy against the government?
September 1795
October 1795
November 1795
October 1796
In November 1799 Napoleon and two members of the Directory seized power. They ruled France and the three leaders were known as what?
dictators
emperors
consuls
senators
In 1804 Napoleon seized all power for himself and ruled France with what official title?
Emperor
King
Chairman
President
Napoleon ruled France, and nearly succeeded in conquering the whole of Europe, until he was defeated in 1815 by the British and Prussians at which battle?
Trafalgar
Moscow
Waterloo
Stalingrad
As part of the peace deal between France and its enemies it was forced to restore the monarchy. The brother of the executed Louis XVI became king. What was his name?
Louis XVII
Louis XVIII
Louis XIX
Louis XX
When did France officially abolish the monarch forever?
1860
1870
1880
1890
