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WorksheetsFrench Revolution
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The pre-revolution system that divided France into three unequal estates know as the
Bourgeoisie
Old Regime
Class System
Estates- General
The estate that was forced to carry all of the burden by paying taxes and did not receive any privileges
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Bourgeoisie
Prior to the French Revolution, all of the following were reasons why France was struggling economically except
High taxes
Soaring prices
Failing crops
Controversial elections
How did King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette make the 1789 economic situation of France worse?
Loaning Austria too much money
Excessive spending
Closing French Banks
Printing too much money
What happened on July 14, 1789 that is considered the climax of the early French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
Abolition of noble titles
Tennis Court Oath
Reign of Terror
What political party decided the fate of Louis XVI after France became a republic? Who became their leader?
Sans-culottes/Horatio Nelson
Conservatives/ Napoleon Bonaparte
Jacobins/
Maximilien Robespierre
Bourbons/
Louis XVI
The Clergy were considered to be apart of which class?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Most of the French population belonged to the
1st estate
3rd Estate
2nd Estate
It as a symbol of the king and everything wrong with absolute monarchy
Which landmark was raided by revolutionaries looking for weapons and ammunitions?
Versailles
The Bastille
The Louvre
The Musee d'Orsay
What machine was invented during the French Revolution that helped chop off people's heads?
Bastille
Guillotine
Roadrunner
Robespierre
True or False
The French Revolution had Enlightenment ideas in it
True
False
In 1793 King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were...
returned to the throne
deported to England
saved from Robespierre
executed
An estimated 40,000 people suspected of being traitors, were executed by the guillotine in one year during the French Revolution. This was known as...
The Execution
The Horror
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Burt
As the French Revolution progressed, they began to divide into 3 groups all wanting different things for France. Which of the following was NOT one of these groups...
Conservatives
Democrats
Radicals
Moderate
Who was the leader of the Radicals in France?
King Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Maximilian Robespierre
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
