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Revolutionary France

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man...

a)

Removed the King from government.

b)

Protected life, property, and security for the French people.

c)

Exiled the nobility.

d)

Granted French peasants control of farmlands.

2.

IDENTIFY the option below that best summarizes how counterrevolutionaries were dealt with.

a)

They were put in prison for life.

b)

They were put in prison, but could be released.

c)

They were exiled from France.

d)

They were executed.

3.

NAME the government that abolished the monarchy.

a)

The Estates General

b)

The Mountain

c)

The King (King Louis XVI)

d)

The National Assembly

4.

NAME the group that promoted executing King Louis XVI for crimes against France.

a)

The Estates General

b)

The Directory

c)

The Jacobins

d)

The National Assembly

5.

NAME the group that supported violence in the name of the revolution.

a)

The Estates General

b)

The Directory

c)

The Jacobins

d)

The National Assembly

6.

NAME the leader of the Jacobins.

a)

Maximillian Robespierre

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

7.

DESCRIBE the purpose of the Committee of Public Safety.

a)

To clamp down on revolutionary violence.

b)

To create public works projects in France.

c)

To act as a pro-revolution police force.

d)

To get the King back in power.

8.

The period in which Robespierre went on an execution spree was...

a)

The Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Great Terror/Reign of Terror

c)

The Great Fear

d)

The September Massacre

9.

The event in which hundreds of nobles were murdered by peasants was...

a)

The Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Great Terror/Reign of Terror

c)

The Great Fear

d)

The September Massacre

10.

The National Assembly was an attempt at which kind of government in France?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

11.

What is the key difference between the National Assembly and the National Convention?

a)

National Convention was representative, Convention was not.

b)

National Assembly was representative, Convention was not.

c)

National Convention controlled by Robespierre, but not the Assembly.

d)

National Assembly controlled by Robespierre, but not the Convention.

12.

This image most likely represents the...

a)

The Reign of Napoleon

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

The Tennis Court Oath

d)

The Storming of the Bastille

13.

NAME the person that promoted executing the King of France.

a)

Maximillian Robespierre

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

14.

Why did Robespierre claim he needed to take control of France?

a)

It was his birthright

b)

The people of France couldn't handle the revolution without him

c)

He was the one who said the King needed to be executed

d)

He had attended college