French Revolution

Question 1

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 1

20 June 1789

Question 2

Take Over of the Bastille

Answer 2

14 July 1789

Question 3

Abolition of privilege

Answer 3

4-5 August 1789

Question 4

Déclaration of the right of men and of the citizen

Answer 4

26 August 1789

Question 5

Attempt by the king to flee France

Answer 5

21 June 1791

Question 6

Proclamation of the first Republic

Answer 6

21 septembre 1792

Question 7

King is guillotined

Answer 7

21 January 1793

Question 8

Robespierre is guillotined

Answer 8

21 July 1794

Question 9

Coup of Napoleon

Answer 9

9 Novembre 1799

Question 10

Napoléonic Code

Answer 10

21 march 1804

Question 11

Reasons of the Revolution

Answer 11

Inequalities :
-Clergy and Nobles Priviledges allowing them to live on loaning
-Un-equal land distribution
The Influence of the Glorious Revolution (Bill of Rights and Habeas Corpus)
The American Revolution :
-Intelectual and Political Ideas (I.e Natural Rights,Right to be happy)
-France bankruptcy from involvement in the war
-Bad harvest=high food price
The enlightenment philosophers (Voltaire,Montesquieu,Rousseau,…)

Question 12

Major changes of the first year of the Revolution

Answer 12

Changes in vocabulary :
-Sovereignty/Sovereign
-Nation
-Subject=Citizen
Departments
Relations with the church

Question 13

Main threats of the revolution

Answer 13

Domestic: Royalist(=civil war) some fled the country while other actively revolted
Foreign: War of the first Coalition

Question 14

What was the «terror»

Answer 14

State of emergency puting the constitution on hold
Creation of an emergency department in charge of protecting the revolution= dictatorship led by Robespierre

Question 15

What was the «Great Fear»

Answer 15

Revolt of the peasants against nobles in fear of an aristocratic conspiracy against the revolution

Question 16

What were the effect of the «terror»

Answer 16

More conservatism
Mistrust in government
Growing power in the army allowing Napoleon coup

Question 17

How did Napoleon gain power

Answer 17

His skills as a soldier
His qualities of leadership
Support from the French Peopole
General situation in France

Question 18

What were the goals of Napoleon

Answer 18

Reform the ideas of the Revolution(I.e Préfets, Code Civil,MASSES OF GRANITE) most of them still exist
Unifieing Europe (same laws everywhere)
Bringing order and stability after the Revolution

Question 19

How did Napoleon export the ideas of the revolution

Answer 19

War for control of Europe
Sister Republics ruled by his brothers(mixed appreciation: Duchy of Brunswick/Spain)
Thé exportation of the civil code (see point above)

Question 20

Abdication of Napoleon and first exile

Answer 20

1814

Question 21

Hight of French Empire

Answer 21

1812

Question 22

Congress to redesign Europe after Napoleon

Answer 22

Vienna:1815

Question 23

How did the British see the French Revolution

Answer 23

As un natural as they didn’t preserve the natural order of god= worse than barbarians

Question 24

What was the Napoleonic blockade

Answer 24

Blockade by Napoleon of the English isles to stop trade with Europe

Question 25

What was the Irish question

Answer 25

What to do with a country that we control but that doesn’t have the same culture as us