WorksheetsThe French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire (1789-1814)
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of the following measures was NOT taken by the Jacobins under "The Terror"?
1793 Constitution
Popular Army
Law of Maximum
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
What did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy intend to make all priests?
to become main enemies of the Revolution
to become the main revolutionary leaders
to be paid by the state and elected by the people: to become civil servants
Let priests remaining obedient only to the Pope
What happened during the “Great Fear”?
The Terror
Louis XVI’s death sentence
Marie-Antoinette's death sentence
Peasants attacked noblemen’s proprieties (manors, lands)
Trying to find a solution for economic and political problems, Louis XVI called a meeting of...
The Convention
The National Constituent Assembly
The Estates General
The Directorate
Which of the following legal reforms was offered by the National Constituent Assembly?
Civil Code
Abolition of feudal privileges and tithes
Bayonne Constitution
Universal suffrage
Mark what does not match with the Reign of the Terror (1793-1794):
A widespread repression of counterrevolutionaries
Anyone suspected to oppose the revolution could be executed
... It was a real dictatorial regime led by Robespierre
It put a new currency into circulation, the franc
Law of Maximum established...
... food shortages
... maximum (the latest) prices for basic products (bread, milk, salt, etc.)
... the maximum wages or salaries
... the age to join the Popular Army
In order to solve the French state's financial problems the Constituent Assembly (National Constituent Assembly)...
confiscated and sold King's property
confiscated and sold church property
confiscated and sold city councils property
confiscated and sold nobility property
At the Tennis Court Oath (oath= "juramento"), the Third Estate representatives declared that...
... they would never leave the tennis court until France became a republic
... they would never leave the tennis court until France had a constitution
... they would never leave the tennis court until Louis XVI was executed
... they would never leave the tennis court until feudalism was abolished
In the Estates General...
Each estate had one vote
The representatives voted individually
Mark which of the following causes of the French Revolution is an influence of the Enlightenment
Poor harvests led to an increase in the price of grain
Louis XVI's ministers suggested that the privileged estates should pay taxes
French bourgeoisie wanted to put the Enlightened ideas into practice
The Third Estate suffered from rising taxes
The king agreed to the Third Estate's demands. A new (National) Constituent Assembly was formed to write a...
New statute
New declaration of rights
New constitution
New ministerial decree
People attacked the Bastille (political prison) on...
11th August 1792
12th October 1798
28th February 1791
14th July 1789
The reason why people attacked the Bastille was
there were news that troops were being sent to Versailles
Austria invaded France
In response to the Great Fear of 1789 summertime, the National Constituent Assembly passed a range of...
legal reforms
executions by guillotine
Which the following options is one of the legal reforms approved by the (National) Constituent Assembly in 1789?
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Constitution
The Law of Maximum
The abolition of feudal privileges
The National Assembly also wrote...
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Code
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The 1812 Constitution
All of the National Constituent Assembly's measures led to...
discontent among the bourgeoisie and peasantry
discontent among part of the clergy and to the emigration of nobles abroad
Louis XVI asked Austria for...
a military alliance in favour of the revolution
a support against the revolution
Louis XVI also tried to...
adopt a neutral role as constitutional king, and he achieved it
escape from France in Varennes, but this ended in failure
Mark which of the following aspects is NOT a feature of the 1791 French Constitution
universal male suffrage
limited male suffrage
constitutional monarchy
separation of powers
Numerous French women demanded...
being not given the right to participate in politics
the equal right to participate in politics
As the leaders of the revolution feared that the traditional model of the family would change, women...
were given the right to vote
were not given the right to vote
The Jacobins represented
the interests of the wealthy bourgeoisie
the petite bourgeoisie
the nobility
the clergy
The Girondins supported...
the constitutional monarchy and limited suffrage (or censitary suffrage)
the democratic republic and the universal suffrage
In response of the constant threat of invasion by Austria and Prussia, France declared...
peace on these countries in 1799
war on these countries in 1792
a ceasefire ("tregua", "alto el fuego") in 1794
Because of France's defeats and Louis XVI's reluctance to accept the revolutionary changes, Louis XVI
was allowed to emigrate to Austria
succeeded organizing a counter-revolutionary revolt
became a Girondin representative in the National Constituent Assembly
was imprisoned, the monarchy was abolished and France became a republic
Under the Democratic Republic, the "Convention" was the new name for...
a new assembly
a new ministry
In 1793 the Convention agreed to...
absolve Louis XVI and his family. They all were freed from jail very soon
execute Louis XVI Louis XVI for treason and he was beheaded by guillotine
In 1793 too, the Jacobins took control of the government and impose a dictatorship known as...
The Excellence
The Revolutionary Quietness
The Terror
The Joy
The revolutionary calendar (known as "republican calendar", too) contained 30-day months with weeks of...
6 days
5 days
10 days
11 days
After overthrowing the Jacobins in 1794, the Thermidorians adopted a new constitution with
universal male suffrage
limited (or censitary) male suffrage
Under the Directory (1795-1799), there was a more conservative government made up of...
Three members, or "consuls"
Five members, or "directors"
Which institution increased its power and influence under the Directory (1795-1799)?
The Church
The government
The army
The civil servants
In 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte organized a...
a new political party, the Bonapartist one
a successful political meeting, with Napoleon's best speech
a charity institution, the Napoleon's Sisters
a military coup, which established a new form of government, the Consulate
Which of the following aspects is a negative feature from the napoleonic Civil Code (1804)?
Civil marriage and divorce favoured husbands against their wives
Civil marriage and divorce declared wives and husbands on equal terms
Right of adoption
Private property
Which of the following measures belongs to Napoleonic domestic policy?
Educational system
Continental blockade
Imposition of constitutions to the conquered territories
Enlargement of the empire
Which of the following measures belongs to Napoleonic foreign policy?
State health care
Continental blockade
Concordat with the Holy See
New coin and the establishment of the Bank of France
