WorksheetsFrench Revolution Test Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
This English Enlightenment thinker argued that women were equal to men and the only reason that women were seen as inferior was because of the unjust rule of men.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Adam Smith
Montesquieu
This French Enlightenment thinker believed in the freedom of speech, the press, and religion and argued that a monarch must protect an individual's rights and freedoms.
John Locke
Voltaire
Rousseau
Diderot
This English Enlightenment thinker argued that people were naturally cruel and selfish and needed the strong rule of an absolute monarch to protect people from themselves.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
This English Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property and if a ruler fails to protect these rights then the people are justified in overthrowing that ruler.
Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
This French Enlightenment thinker argued for the separation of powers in the government into three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial - and there should be checks and balances so that one branch would not get too powerful.
John Locke
Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
This French Enlightenment thinker believed that the government that governed the least was the best. He also argued that the government only exists to follow the general will of the people.
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot
This French estate was made up of the nobility, owned land, and did not have to pay taxes.
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
This French estate was made up of the the church clergy and could collect taxes from peasants living on church land.
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
This French estate was made up of all the commoners. It included rich merchants and poor farmers. This estate paid most of the taxes.
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
The ___________________________ was when the members of the Third Estate in the Estates General promised not to leave Versaille until a new French constitution was written.
The Third Estate Pledge
The Tennis Court Oath
The Promise of the Bastille
The Versaille Oath
This event saw the execution by guillotine of 20,000 to 40,000 "Enemies of the Revolution."
The September Massacre
The Peasants' Revolt
The Reign of Terror
The Storming of the Bastille
What was not a cause of the French Revolution?
Napoleon's coup d'etat and rise to power
Severe French debt caused by the Seven Years War and American Revolution
Unfair voting in the Estate General in which the three estates each get one vote
The failed harvest of 1788 and shortage of bread it caused
This was the first national set of laws in France which was passed by Napoleon, swept away ancient privilege, and made all French people equal before the law.
The Declaration of Rights of Man
The Directorate
The Committee of Public Safety
The Napoleonic Code
What event happened on July 14, 1789 and is seen as the symbolic start of the French Revolution?
The Tennis Court Oath
The Storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
Napoleon's coup d'etat
What was significant about the Battle of Waterloo?
It was the battle where the Napoleonic Wars began
It was the battle where Napoleon was finally victorious
It was the battle where Napoleon was defeated
It was the battle where the French Revolution began
What faction of the National Assembly believed in using violence to achieve the goals of the French Revolution?
Conservatives
Moderates
Radicals
Jacobins
What countries were allied to Napoleon?
Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark
Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples
Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)
United States, Mexico, and Canada
What countries were enemies of Napoleon?
Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark
Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples
Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)
United States, Mexico, and Canada
What countries were conquered or dependent to Napoleon?
Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark
Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples
Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)
United States, Mexico, and Canada
This document created a constitutional limited monarchy in France.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution of 1791
The Declaration of Independence
This group of men were created to protect the French Revolution from counter-revolution and oversaw the Reign of Terror.
The Committee of Public Safety
The Directorate
The Legislative Assembly
The Estates-General
What was not a major mistake of Napoleon?
The Continental System
The Napoleonic Code
The Peninsular War
The Invasion of Russia
What French monarchs were executed for high treason against France?
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Neither Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette
The purpose of the ___________________ was the containment of France and the creation of a balance of power among European nations.
League of Nations
Council of Trent
Treaty of Versailles
Congress of Vienna
Who was Maximillian Robespierre?
The head of the Committee of Public Safety
The king of Austria during the French Revolution
The writer of a pro-Revolution newspaper
A revolutionary who was against the Reign of Terror
What was the tactic the Russian Army used against Napoleon during his invasion of Russia?
Guerilla warfare
Search and destroy
Scorched-earth tactics
Lightning warfare
What was not a reform created by Napoleon?
A national bank
Public education
Freedom of the press
Public works
A uniform tax code
