french rev

Question 1

Why did the National Convention establish the Committee of Public Safety?

Answer 1

Created to protect the revolution and handle crises like foreign wars.

Question 2

Who headed the Committee of Public Safety and what did they do? What happens to the leader of the Committee of Public Safety?

Answer 2

He led the committee, enforced the Reign of Terror, and was executed for his actions.

Question 3

What were the most significant outcomes of the revolution?

Answer 3

End of monarchy, more rights, and changes in government and society.

Question 4

Who became leader after the revolution and how did he use ideas from the revolution to change society

Answer 4

Napoleon became the leader and used revolutionary ideas like equality under law to reform France.

Question 5

Bastille

Answer 5

Prison stormed by revolutionaries, starting the revolution.

Question 6

Divine Right of Kings

Answer 6

Belief that the king’s power came from God.

Question 7

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 7

Third Estate vowed to write a new constitution.

Question 8

Declaration of the Rights of Man:

Answer 8

Document proclaiming equality and freedoms for men.

Question 9

The Terror

Answer 9

Period of mass executions to protect the revolution.

Question 10

Jacobin

Answer 10

Radical revolutionary group.