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WorksheetsFrench Revolution
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
This man was King of France during the Revolution.
Louis the 14th
Napolean
Louis the 16th
King George the 2nd
This woman became Queen of France during the revolution.
Cleopatra
Joan of Arc
Queen Elizabeth the 2nd
Marie Antoinette
The French people, especially the middle class, were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and what recent contemporary event?
the War of 1812
the 7 Years War
the Russian Revolution
the American Revolution
Which estate in France was made up of the clergy and the Church?
the third estate
the second estate
the first estate
the final estate
What estate was primarily made up of middle class people and peasants that made up most of the population of France and paid all the taxes?
the first estate
the second estate
the third estate
the final estate
Most of the French population belonged to the
1st estate
3rd Estate
2nd Estate
The French Revolution started with the storming of the:
Bastille
White House
Palace
Guillotine
Which revolution gave us the idea that people have rights that cannot be taken away?
The Renaissance
The Scientific Revolution
The Reformation
The Enlightenment
King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were
beloved by their people
unknown to the people of France
generally disliked and distrusted
Monarchs of England
The rich palace where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived outside of Paris
Bastille
Versailles
National Assembly
The Grand Estate
Louis 16th called for a meeting of delegates called
The Meeting of Versailles
National Convention
Committee of Public Safety
Estates General
In the “Tennis Court Oath”, members of the Third Estate
Swore to behead the king
Planned to storm the Bastille
Pledged to improve their tennis game
Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution
The machine used to behead enemies of the revolution is called
The Bastille
Sans-Culottes
Guillotine
The Great Beheader
He led the group responsible for “The Reign of Terror” and was beheaded:
Napoleon
Robespierre
Jacques de Bastille
King Louis XVI
Nickname for Robespierre's period of rule that ended when he was executed?
100 Days
National Assembly
Reign of Terror
Old Regime
What organization was established by Robespierre to find and eliminate critics of the Revolution?
National Assembly
Committee of Public Safety
Estates General
In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France.......
a republic
bankrupt
dissolved
Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?
Clergy
The rich
nobility
peasants
The women of France stormed what building demanding bread to feed their families?
The Eiffel Tower
Versailles
Bastille
Burke Toney
The basic principle that delcares all men are born free and remain free with equal rights.
Women's March
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Tennis Court Oath
Estates-General En Fuego
military leader who could be described as ruthlessly ambitious
What kind of government was France prior to the revolution?
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialist
The Bastille was a
Church
Mall
Prison
Police station
During the reign of terror many people were
Happy
Celebrating
Executed
Blasted
How did the Napoleonic Code reflect Enlightenment principles?
It guaranteed the equality of all citizens before the law.
It guaranteed women equal rights.
It valued individual rights above all else.
It valued the security of the state over individual liberty.
What is the idea of keeping the countries of Europe all strong enough, or make everyone have strong allies, so no country would want to go to war again?
Peacekeeping
Balance of Power
Big Stick Policy
Conquest
Who was placed into power in most European countries after Napoleon was defeated and the Congress of Vienna?
The People
Dictators
The Church
Kings and Queens (Monarchs)
Who was the main leader of the Congress of Vienna?
Napoleon
King Louis XVIII
Metternich
The Pope
What event restored monarchies and the balance of power to Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
Congress of Vienna
Parliament
League of Nations
Estates General
Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?
The nobility are the force that holds society together.
The middle class is the force that holds society together.
The privileged fear the anger of the underprivileged.
The monarchy fears the anger of the people.
“Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.”—Maximilien Robespierre, 1794
The viewpoint expressed in this quotation was most directly put into action through the...
corvée
guillotine
Napoleonic Code
Constitution of 1795
“General Famine and General Winter, rather than Russian bullets, have conquered the Grand Army.”—French general Michel Ney
What was an immediate result of the event described in the above quotation?
Napoleon surrendered and was sent into exile.
The French monarchy was restored to power.
Napoleon abdicated his throne
Napoleon established the Continental System.
The laws of the _____ included many Enlightenment ideas like equality of all citizens and religious freedom.
Robespierre
Napoleonic Code
bourgeoisie
Louis XVI
What is a "monarchy"?
a dictator
a government with an oppressive leader
a government where a group of people are elected into power
a government where one person is born into absolute power
Napoleon rose through the military ranks to general.
True
False
Which of the following methods did Napoleon use to control his empire?
Formation of alliances and treaties
Placed his relatives on the thrones of several European countries
Military victories
All of the above
Before the French Revolution, why did the representatives of the Third Estate form the National Assembly?
voting in the Estates General was not fair
the king had ordered them to do so
they wanted an end to the Reign of Terror
they demanded that the king be put on trial and executed
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their...
education level
geographic region
social class
religious beliefs
During the Great Fear, peasants did what?
broke into manors
destroyed tax information
burned down manors
all of these
Even in modern times, France continues to celebrate their day of Independence (called Bastille Day)
True
False
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789) led people to believe that there were "universal" rights that belonged to all mankind.
True
False
