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WorksheetsFrench Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who is this?
Alex von Fersen
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis XVI
Louis Saint-Juste
Who was the Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
Mary Antoinette
Marie Antoine
Mary Antoine
Who are the clergy?
People who dedicate their lives to France
People who dedicate their lives to religion
People who dedicate their lives to the revolution
People who dedicate their lives to cheese
The French flag represents the values of the French Revolution, but what were they?
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Paris, Varennes and Vendee
Clergy, Nobility and Peasants
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
How often did the clergy need to pay tax?
All the time
Never
Where did members of the third estate gather to promise a new constitution for France?
Basketball Court
Badminton Court
Football Court
Tennis Court
Which prison did supporters of the revolution storm in July 1789?
Tower of London
Alcatraz
Devil's Island
Bastille
Why was law under Louis XVI unfair?
Because nobody was ever arrested
Because people were sent to prison without a trial
Because people were given an unfair trial
Because people were executed by firing squad
What was the name of the Prison Governor who was captured and beheaded?
Robespierre
von Fersen
de Launay
Which food became too expensive due to poor harvests in 1789?
Bread
Potato
Cucumber
Onion
Soldiers from which nation stamped on and urinated on the tricolour cockade during a royal banquet?
Britain
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
From which palace was Louis XVI and his family forced to leave due to the October March?
Buckingham
Tuileries
Versailles
Winter
Which of these was NOT a reason why the Flight to Varennes failed for Louis XVI and his family?
Marie Antoinette could not find the carriage
A postmaster recognised Louis XVI from looking at a postage stamp
A wedding party on the streets of Paris delayed the carriage
The carriage was being pulled by cows
Why was the Flight to Varennes a turning point in the revolution?
Because the revolutionaries could no longer trust Louis XVI
The postmaster who spotted Louis XVI became the new leader
Marie Antoinette was executed as a result
Louis XVI's children were sent to the Bastille
Austria and Prussia announced that their main target was to protect the Kings and Queens of Europe in the Decleration of ?
Dundee
Lisbon
Pillnitz
Hartlepool
What relationship did the Archduke Leopold of Austria have with Marie Antoinette?
He was her father
He was her son
He was her uncle
He was her brother
Which of these is NOT a faction within the revolution?
sans - culottes
Liberals
Jacobins
Girondins
Which country defeated the French army at Verdun in August 1782?
Prussia
Portugal
Serbia
Italy
Who did the Paris Commune order to be elimated in September 1792?
The Prussian army
Robespierre
Marquis de Lafayette
Enemies of the revolution
Who said that a King must "reign....or die"?
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis Saint - Just
Max von Fersen
Marquis de Lafayette
How many people voted that Louis XVI was innocent during his trial?
23
101
0
2
How was Louis XVI executed?
By hanging
By electric chair
By guillotine
By firing squad
True or False - Louis XVI was given the best lawyers in France to defend himself.
True
False
Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety's "Reign of Terror"?
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis Saint - Just
Marquis de Lafayette
How many people were killed during the one year Reign of Terror
Over 100
Over 2,500
Over 50,000
Over 180,000
