Enlightenment and the Revolution

Question 1

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Answer 1

“AGE OF REASON”/ THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL/PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO OVERTHROW ABUSIVE AND UNJUST GOVERNMENTS.

Question 2

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Answer 2

ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS IN ACTION TO GET RID THE COLONISTS OF UNJUST RULE BY THE BRITISH KING.

Question 3

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Answer 3

THE FRENCH OVERTHROW THE KING, THE NOBILITY, AND THE CHURCH.

Question 4

FRENCH INDEPENDENCE DAY, DATE:

Answer 4

JULY 14, 1789 (BASTILLE DAY)

Question 5

BASTILLE:

Answer 5

FRENCH PRISON RAIDED ON 7/14/1789 FOR AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS. START OF THE REVOLUTION

Question 6

DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN WRITTEN BY WHO?

Answer 6

WRITTEN BY THE NEW “NATIONAL ASSEMBLY” PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE “3RD ESTATE”

Question 7

ESTATES GENERAL:

Answer 7

3 CHAMBERED LEGISLATIVE BODY. IT HAS NOT MET FOR 175 YEARS. MEETING CALLED TO SOLVE FINANCIAL CRISIS. NEW TAXES PROPOSED ON THE 1ST AND 2ND ESTATES.

Question 8

FIRST ESTATE:

Answer 8

THE CLERGY

Question 9

SECOND ESTATE:

Answer 9

THE NOBILITY

Question 10

THIRD ESTATE:

Answer 10

EVERYONE ELSE. 97-98% OF THE POPULATION OF FRANCE. 1ST AND 2ND ESTATES ALWAYS VOTE TOGETHER AGAINST THE 3RD ESTATE.

Question 11

LOUIS XIV (14TH):

Answer 11

COMES TO THE THRONE AT AGE 5. KNOWN AS THE “SUN KING”. BUILDER OF VERSAILLES PALACE. WANTS TO PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN “HIS PEOPLE” AND HIMSELF.

Question 12

LOUIS XV (15TH):

Answer 12

DID NOT WANT TO DO THE “BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT”. HIS MISTRESS MADAME POMPADOUR WILL RUN THE COUNTRY WHILE HE “PARTIES”. DIES OF SMALL POX.

Question 13

LOUIS XVI (16TH):

Answer 13

RULER DEPOSED AND EXECUTED FOR TREASON. A WEAK LEADER WHO OVERSPENT AND MISMANAGED THE FRENCH ECONOMY.

Question 14

MARIE ANTOINETTE:

Answer 14

AUSTRIAN PRINCESS/ MARRIES LOUIS 16TH FOR POLITICAL ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE/ QUEEN OF FRANCE, “MADAME DEFICIT”/ WILD FASHIONS AND HAIR STYLES/ EXECUTED FOR TREASON AND DEPLETING THE NATIONAL TREASURY. REPRESENTS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE MONARCHY.

Question 15

JEAN PAUL MARAT:

Answer 15

PUBLISHES PRO-REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER “FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE”. BELIEVES MORE KILLING WILL SOLVE THE REVOLUTION’S PROBLEMS/COUNTER REVOLUTIONARIES.

Question 16

MAXIMILLION ROBESPIERRE:

Answer 16

LEADER OF THE REVOLUTION. LAWYER FOR THE POOR/ ENLIGHTENMENT BELIEVER. “THE TERROR” ENDS WITH HIS EXECUTION.

Question 17

JACQUES NECKER:

Answer 17

FRENCH BANKS APPOINT HIM “FINANCE MINISTER” TO SOLVE THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WANTS 1ST AND 2ND ESTATES TO PAY TAXES. HIS FIRING LEADS TO REVOLT

Question 18

THE CONVENTION:

Answer 18

FORMALLY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE 3RD ESTATE

Question 19

JACOBINS:

Answer 19

RADICAL REVOLUTIONARY GROUP. ROBESPIERRE IS A MEMBER.

Question 20

SANS CULOTTES:

Answer 20

MEANS “WITHOUT KNEE BRITCHES”/THEY ARE COMMON PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION/ BECOME A PARISIAN MILITIA WHICH MURDERS 1600 PEOPLE.

Question 21

TENNIS COURT OATH:

Answer 21

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOWS TO MEET UNTIL A NEW CONSTITUTION IS WRITTEN.

Question 22

GUILLOTINE:

Answer 22

HUMANE (PAINLESS?) EXECUTION MACHINE. “ALL PEOPLE GET EQUAL TREATMENT”.

Question 23

COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY:

Answer 23

GROUP OF 12 MEN THAT RULE AS A COLLECTIVE DICTATORSHIP/ MARTIAL LAW DECLARED/ REPUBLICAN (DEMOCRATIC) GOVERNMENT IS DISMISSED/ THE COMMITTEE RULES BY TERROR

Question 24

DE-CHRISTIANIZATION AND THE NEW CALENDAR:

Answer 24

THE REVOLUTION TAKES OVER THE CATHOLIC CHURCH/PRIESTS ARE NOW ELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH LATER ELIMINATES THE CHURCH/ NEW CALENDAR ELIMINATES “SUNDAYS”

Question 25

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES:

Answer 25

ALL OPPOSED TO THE REVOLUTION/CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT IN REGIONS OUTSIDE OF PARIS/MODERATES WANT THE KILLING STOPPED/ MASS EXECUTIONS OF COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES/ 100K’S KILLED

Question 26

REIGN OF TERROR:

Answer 26

COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY LEADS THE TERROR OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE/QUICK TRIALS AND EXECUTIONS/800 PEOPLE KILLED A MONTH DURING THE PEAK OF THE TERROR/ENDS WITH ROBESPIERRE’S EXECUTION

Question 27

RATIONAL BEHAVIOR:

Answer 27

THINK THINGS THROUGH/ TALK AND NEGOTIATE DIFFERENCES/ NO OVER-REACTION.

Question 28

IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR:

Answer 28

ACT IMPULSIVELY/ NO FORETHOUGHT/ARGUE/FIGHT/EXPLOSIVE REACTIONS

Question 29

AUSTRIA:

Answer 29

NEIGHBOR TO FRANCE/ MARIE ANTOINETTE USED FOR POLITICAL MARRIAGE/ FRANCE PREMPTIVELY DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA B/C EXPECTING AN ATTACK BY AUSTRIA

Question 30

PRUSSIA:

Answer 30

ALLY OF AUSTRIA IN THE WAR AGAINST FRANCE/ MAJOR CONGTRIBUTION IN THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON AT THE BATTLE OF “WATERLOO”

Question 31

THE CULT OF THE SUPREME BEING:

Answer 31

NEW “GODDESS OF REASON” REPLACES THE OLD“GOD”. NEW RELIGION TO REPLACES CHRISTIANITY DESIGNED BY ROBESPIERRE. PEOPLE THINK HE IS “NUTS” (LOST HIS MIND)

Question 32

THE DIRECTORY:

Answer 32

5 MEMBER RULING GROUP REPLACES THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY/OVERTHROWN BY NAPOLEON BONAPARTE/ REPLACED BY A 3 MEMBER CONSULATE/ NAPOLEON BECOMES “1ST CONSUL” AND THEN “EMPEROR” UNDER NEW CONSTITUTION RATIFIED BY PLEBICITE (A VOTE)

Question 33

COUP D’ETAT (COUP):

Answer 33

TRANSLATES AS “BLOW TO THE STATE”/ OVERTHROW OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT, USUALLY BY THE MILITARY.

Question 34

NAPLOLEON BONAPARTE:

Answer 34

CORSICAN WHO VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRENCH MILITARY/ ARTILLERY LEADER/BECOMES A WAR HERO BY SAVING THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT FROM COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES/ LEADS A COUP/ BECOMES EMPEROR OF FRANCE

Question 35

NAPOLEONIC CODE:

Answer 35

NAPOLEON’S GREATEST DOMESTIC ACHIEVEMENT- A UNIFORM OF LAWS FOR HIS EMPIRE

Question 36

BLOCKADE:

Answer 36

TACTIC PRACTICED BY THE FRENCH AND BRITISH TO STOP TRADE AND HURT EACHOTHER ECONOMICALLY

Question 37

CONTINENTAL SYSTEM:

Answer 37

NAPOLEON BONPARTEE’S PLAN TO MAKE HIS EMPIRE ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE “SELF-SUFFICIENT” AND HURT BRITAIN ECONOMICALLY. THE BRITISH SMUGGLE GOODS AND USE BLOCKADE TO HURT FRANCE. A FAILURE FOR NAPOLEON

Question 38

100 DAYS:

Answer 38

NAPOLEON’S RETURN TO POWER FROM EXILE ON THE ISLAND OF ELBE

Question 39

WATERLOO:

Answer 39

NAPOLEON’S FINAL DEFEAT BY A COALITION OF EUROPEAN NATIONS/ 50% OF THE WINNING FORCE ARE PRUSSIANS.

Question 40

CONGRESS OF VIENNA:

Answer 40

EUROPEAN VICTOR’S PLAN TO:

1. ISOLATE FRANCE- GREATLY REDUCING IT’S POWER
2. RESTORE THE “LEGITIMATE RULERS” (ROYAL FAMILIES)
3. CREATE A “BALANCE OF POWER”- NO NATION STRONGER THAN ANOTHER

Question 41

CONCERT OF EUROPE:

Answer 41

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FORM A “HOLY ALLIANCE” (USE CHRISTIAN VALUES IN ALL DEALINGS) AND AGREE TO STOP ANY REVOLUTIONS IN EUROPE THAT WOULD DESTABILIZE ANY MONARCHY.