French Revolution

Question 1

Who reigned France from 1774 to 1789?

Answer 1

King Louis XVI

Question 2

What house did King Louis XVI come from?

Answer 2

The House of Bourbon who ruled France since the 16th Century

Question 3

When did King Louis XVI become ruler and at what age?

Answer 3

1774 at the age of 19

Question 4

Finish this quote: “It may be considered politically unwise but…”

Answer 4

“I want to be loved.”

Question 5

What is the feudal system?

Answer 5

The King owns the land and gives it to the nobles in return for their loyalty. The peasants are the ones who work the land and pay tax.

Question 6

Which two wars did France participate in that put the country in massive debt?

Answer 6

The Seven Year War and the American War of Independence

Question 7

Who was exempt for tax?

Answer 7

The First Estate (clergy) and The Second Estate (nobles)

Question 8

What percentage of France was in the Third Estate?

Answer 8

90%

Question 9

Who did King Louis XVI appoint as general of finance in 1783?

Answer 9

Charles de Calonne

Question 10

What did Charles de Calonne do in 1787?

Answer 10

He pleaded during the Assembly of Notables to tax the nobility.

Question 11

When was the last time the Estates General was called together?

Answer 11

1614

Question 12

When was the National Assembly created?

Answer 12

14 June 1789

Question 13

Who created the National Assembly?

Answer 13

Representatives of the Third Estate and some of the Second Estate.

Question 14

When was the Tennis Court Oath created?

Answer 14

14 June 1789

Question 15

What did the National Assembly swear at the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 15

That would keep meeting until there was a reform in the government and a new constitution was drawn up.

Question 16

When was the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 16

14 July 1789

Question 17

What did peasants do to rebel during May and August of 1789?

Answer 17

Refused to pay taxes, destroyed records of obligations to the nobility and burning the nobles châteaus.

Question 18

When did the The National Assembly vote to end feudalism?

Answer 18

4 August 1789

Question 19

What was approved on the 26th of August 1789 by the National Assembly?

Answer 19

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Question 20

What is Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite?

Answer 20

Liberty, equality and fraternity (brotherhood)

Question 21

What is a bourgeois?

Answer 21

A member of the middle class

Question 22

What does emigres mean?

Answer 22

An opponent of the revolution, especially royalists and the privileged class who fled France.

Question 23

Why was there counter-revolution seen during the French Revolution?

Answer 23

In the country side outside of Paris many people opposed the change in religious practices and the dominant roles played by city people in the revolution.

Question 24

Why did the National Assembly storm the Bastille?

Answer 24

For arms

Question 25

Why was the Declaration of the Rights of Man important?

Answer 25

It established the idea of human rights and equality.