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French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

2.

When did the revolutionist storm Bastille

a)

July 14 1889

b)

July 14 1789

c)

July 15 1789

d)

June 14 1789

3.

where did the revolutionists storm for weapons

a)

The tennis courts

b)

The homes of citizens

c)

the church

d)

Bastille

4.

Who was King Louis Married to

a)

Josephine Bonaparte

b)

Marie Antoinette

5.

When was King Louis XVI killed

a)

January 20 1793

b)

February 21 1793

c)

January 21 1793

d)

January 21 1983

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

King and queen of France prior to the Revolution

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Martha Stuart

d)

Marie Antoinette

11.

Which group was taxed the most prior to the Revolution?

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

All taxed equally

12.

What is the term given to the French government prior to the revolution?

a)

Old Rule

b)

Estates Regime

c)

Estates Rule

d)

Old Regime

13.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
14.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
15.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
16.
What was the Divine Right of Kings?
a)
right to not pay taxes
b)
God given right to rule
c)
predetermined rise to power
d)
enlightenment of kings
17.
This type of government is a rule by one, usually a king or queen and is passed through generations
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
18.
This government believes in giving the power to the people and separating the government into separate branches
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Anarchy
19.
The First Estate in French society was composed of 
a)
the Clergy
b)
people with special courts
c)
people who did not pay taxes
d)
all of the abve
20.
Revolutionaries responded to the king on July 24th by seizing this prison...
a)
Bastille
b)
Versailles
c)
Eiffel
d)
Huntsville