WorksheetsFrench Revolution Quiz
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Match the term "Robespierre" to the correct description.
main leader of the Reign of Terror
executed for demanding equal rights for French women
the right to vote
French middle class
notebooks listing grievances by the three estates
Match the term "Napoleonic Code" to the correct description.
French middle class
notebooks listing grievances by the three estates
the right to vote
group of laws that reflected Enlightenment principles
executed for demanding equal rights for French women
Match the term "Marquis de Lafayette" to the correct description.
sans-culotte
executed for demanding equal rights for French women
French middle class
head of the French National Guard who fought with George Washington
the right to vote
Match the term "cahier" to the correct description.
French middle class
executed for demanding equal rights for French women
working-class revolutionaries
the right to vote
notebooks listing grievances by the three estates
Match the term "abdicate" to the correct description.
suffrage
the right to vote
when a king or queen gives up their throne
French middle class
notebooks listing grievances by the three estates
In France’s old order, the clergy belonged to the:
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
In France’s old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie?
nobles
clergy
peasants
merchants
The poorest members of the Third Estate were:
urban workers
bourgeois families
nuns and priests
philosophes
Louis XVI fired his financial advisor, Jacques Necker, when Necker suggested:
reimposing manor dues
reducing court spending
abolishing tariffs on internal trade
taxing the First and Second estates
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled on the
United States Constitution.
British Magna Carta.
United States Bill of Rights.
US Declaration of Independence.
In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from the
First Estate.
Second Estate.
Third Estate.
Fourth Estate.
Participants in the Tennis Court Oath swore to continue meeting until they were able to bring about
a reduction in taxes.
the overthrow of Louis XVI.
a fair constitution.
the fall of the Bastille.
The National Assembly voted to pay off the huge government debt by
selling church lands.
raising taxes on property.
selling lands owned by Louis XVI.
instituting an income tax.
What form of government did the National Assembly create with the Constitution of 1791?
an absolute monarchy
a republic
a theocracy
a limited monarchy
The women who marched on Versailles refused to leave until the king agreed to
reduce the price of bread.
return to Paris.
open government jobs to the poor.
give up the throne.
In the Declaration of Pilnitz, the king of Prussia and emperor of Austria
declared war on the French revolutionaries.
declared their support for the French Revolution.
threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy.
offered to take in the exiled French royal family.
When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?
a constitutional monarchy
a republic
a dictatorship
an absolute monarchy
When radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly in the fall of 1792, they extended voting rights to
all citizens.
all male citizens.
all male property owners.
all male and female property owners.
The Reign of Terror gave way to the Directory phase of the revolution in which the dominant political force was the
Jacobins.
Girondins.
bourgeoisie.
Council of Virtue.
Robespierre believed that France could achieve a “republic of virtue” only through
extending suffrage to more citizens.
electing a strong, absolute ruler.
the use of terror.
observing strict religious laws.
During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of _______.
Louis XVI
the National Assembly
the Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon
Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire?
Britain
Belgium
Italy
the Netherlands
What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?
scorched-earth policy
Continental System
Waterloo Strategy
blockades
After overthrowing the Directory in 1799, Napoleon and his followers set up a three-man governing board called the _______.
Revolutionaries
Assembly
Convention
Consulate
Under the Napoleonic Code _______.
men regained complete authority over their wives
most Enlightenment principles were abandoned
the practice of religion was banned
many aspects of feudalism were restored
Napoleon’s final defeat was at the _______.
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of the Nations
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Austerlitz
