Worksheets12. QM M13 L2: The Revolution Brings Reform & Terror
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which reform did the members of the National Assembly adopt?
outlawing slavery throughout the French Empire.
declaring all men born and free equal under the law;
Who is most likely to have resisted the ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
King Louis XVI;
The Legislative Assembly;
How did the National Assembly plan to pay off the national debt?
Deficit spending;
Sell Church lands.
What kind of government did the Constitution of 1791 set up?
A Republic;
A Limited Constitutional Monarchy.
In the Legislative Assembly, where did the Radicals sit?
Center;
Left;
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.
Which of the following took place in revolutionary France?
King Louis XVI solved many social problems plaguing the nation;
The monarchy was abolished and a democratic form of government was created;
Why did Maximilien Robespierre encourage the Reign of Terror throughout France?
He wanted to protect church property that was being destroyed by peasants;
He believed that a "republic of virtue" could only be achieved through terror.
When did the Reign of Terror end?
with the execution of Maximilien Robespierre;
with the execution of King Louis XVI;
Created to be a more humane form of execution, it became a symbol of horror:
Guillotine;
San-culotte;
This was a nearly year-long period during the French Revolution responsible for murdering more than 40,000 citizens.
The September Massacres;
The Reign of Terror;
This group of men had executive powers and were named the:
Emigres.
Directory;
The new government called on which military leader to protect them from uprisings?
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Jean-Paul Marat;
