WorksheetsIGH Reading Quiz 4
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following was a contributing element to the birth of the Enlightenment? (3 answers)
The French Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
Roman Catholic dogma
French absolutism
What term refers to the group of secularist thinkers and knowledge-seekers who also began to advocate for social change?
(a)
Who were granted equal rights in May 1791 (as outlined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen)?
French colonists (petits blancs)
Free Blacks (affranchis)
Free people of colour (les gens du couleur libres)
All enslaved people
What pushed the enslaved people on Saint-Domingue to revolt in August 1791? (2 answers)
The terrible working conditions
The high death rate
The leadership of the free people of colour
The desire for French citizenship
What drove the Free Blacks (affranchis) of Saint-Domingue to join the rebellion of the former enslaved people?
They believed the enslaved people should be free.
The French took away their citizenship rights.
They wanted to set up their own country.
The Spanish promised them land.
What propelled Léger Sonthonax to emancipate the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue?
The threat of invasion by the British and Spanish.
A change in public opinion in France in favour of emancipation, as expressed by the French National Convetion.
The belief of the French colonists that slavery should end.
The former owners believed slavery should end and persuaded Sonthonax.
What happened after slavery was abolished in Saint-Domingue in 1794? (4 answers)
Emancipation was extended across the French colonies.
The French, with the help of the now-free people of African descent, fought against both the Spanish and the British.
On the plantations, slavery was sometimes transformed into forced labour.
The French ceded control of Saint-Domingue to the freed people.
Many white people fled the island.
What is true about Toussant Louverture? (4 answers)
He was an enslaved person at the start of the revolt in 1791.
He was a planation owner (and therefore a slaveholder).
He united (or destroyed) all rebel factions of former enslaved people or free people of colour.
He led took control of all of Hispaniola (Saint-Domingue and the Spanish Santo Domingo).
He declared himself governor (for life).
Who reintroduced slavery across the French Empire?
(a)
Watching the Ted talk on the French revolution. When done, type OK in the answer box to get to the questions.
(a)
In France before 1789, the First Estate was:
the clergy
the king
the nobles
the middle class
the peasants
In France before 1789, the Second Estate was:
the clergy
the king
the nobles
the middle class
the peasants
What was true about the Third Estate?
It was the only estate to pay tax.
It paid tax to the First and Second Estates.
It paid tax to the king.
It included middle class.
It included 20 million peasants.
Why was France heavily in debt in the 1780s?
They had supported the American Revolution.
The wars with Spain had been very costly.
The mismanagement of the finance minister, Jacques Necker.
The wars with Britain had been very costly.
What is not true about the Estates General?
It was composed of representatives from the three estates.
Before Louis summoned it in 1789, it had not been convened for 75 years.
Each of the estates had a single vote.
The Third Estate represented 98% of France's population.
What was the name of the new body established by the Third Estate that drafted a new constitution? (use the French term)
(a)
What is the title of the central document of the revolution?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Citizens
Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms
Who became emperor in 1804 to "protect" the revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
Toussaint Louverture
