WorksheetsPractice for M13 Lesson 2 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which reform did the members of the National Assembly adopt?
declaring all men born and free equal under the law;
outlawing slavery throughout the French Empire.
Who is most likely to have resisted the ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
King Louis XVI;
Marquis de Lafayette;
How did the National Assembly plan to pay off the national debt?
Sell Church lands.
Deficit spending;
What kind of government did the Constitution of 1791 set up?
A Republic;
A Limited Constitutional Monarchy.
How did the Constitution of 1791 change the French monarchy?
The absolute power of the king was limited to executive powers only;
It gave the legislative power to the king;
In the Legislative Assembly, where did the Radicals sit?
Left;
Right;
How did European monarchs and nobles feel about the French Revolution?
They opposed it because they feared revolution would spread;
They supported it because they wanted Europe to be democratic.
What happened during the "September Massacres"?
Citizens killed the King and Queen of France;
Citizens killed more than 1,000 prisoners;
Robespierre was one of the main architects of the:
Guillotine;
Reign of Terror;
To deal with the many threats facing France, the National Convention created:
The Directory;
The Committee of Public Safety;
Which of the following took place in revolutionary France?
The monarchy was abolished and a democratic form of government was created;
King Louis XVI solved many social problems plaguing the nation;
Why did members of the radical National Convention decide to execute King Louis XVI even after they abolished the monarchy?
They feared the king would attempt to retake the throne and undo their reforms;
They believed the the king supported the radicals in the French government.
Why did Maximilien Robespierre encourage the Reign of Terror throughout France?
Young men refused to be drafted into the army to fight foreign wars;
He believed that a "republic of virtue" could only be achieved through terror.
When did the Reign of Terror end?
with the execution of King Louis XVI;
with the execution of Maximilien Robespierre;
This group of men were the faction of radicals in the Legislative Assembly.
Jacobins;
Emigres;
Created to be a more humane form of execution, it became a symbol of horror:
Suffrage;
Guillotine;
This was a nearly year-long period during the French Revolution responsible for murdering more than 40,000 citizens.
The Reign of Terror;
The Moderate Phase.
This group of men had executive powers and were named the:
Sans-culottes;
Directory;
The legislature and included representatives that met which qualification?
Owned property;
Male.
The new government called on which military leader to protect them from uprisings?
Marquis de Lafayette;
Napoleon Bonaparte.
