French Revolution and Napoleon

Question 1

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

VERY eager for changes to the class system of France.

Answer 1

Third Estate

Question 2

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Educated the French people and helped the destitute.

Answer 2

First Estate

Question 3

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Owned approximately 20% of the land.

Answer 3

Second Estate

Question 4

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Contributed around 2% of its income to the government (but paid no taxes on its land)

Answer 4

First Estate

Question 5

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Owned approximately 10% of the land.

Answer 5

First Estate

Question 6

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Paid the majority of the taxes to the government.

Answer 6

Third Estate

Question 7

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Less than 1% of France’s population.

Answer 7

First Estate

Question 8

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Consisted of merchants, bankers, peasants, and shopkeepers.

Answer 8

Third Estates

Question 9

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Approximately 97% of France’s population.

Answer 9

Third Estate

Question 10

First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Approximately 2% of France’s population.

Answer 10

Second Estate

Question 11

What were the five primary causes of the French Revolution?

Answer 11

-Poor harvests
-High taxes on the Thirst Estate
-Ineffective leadership by Louis XVI
-The influence of the Enlightenment
-Dept from military conflicts/French support of the American Revolution

Question 12

Who were the king and queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution.

Answer 12

Louisville XVI and Marie Antoinette

Question 13

What was the representative assembly of the three estates, in 1789 because the country was basically out of money.

Answer 13

Estates General

Question 14

What became the motto of the Revolution.

Answer 14

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

Question 15

Locked out, the Third Estate pledged to form a constitution and a democratic government. This pledge became known as what?

Answer 15

the Tennis-court oath

Question 16

The Third Estate became the ________________ and started passing laws and reforms in the name of the French people until it was replaced by the Legislative Assembly on September 30, 1791.

Answer 16

National Assembly

Question 17

The symbolic beginning of the French Revolution was the “Storming of the ____________” on July 14, 1789.

Answer 17

Bastille

Question 18

_________–a general panic that took place between July 22 and August 6, 1789, at the start of the French Revolution.

Answer 18

The Great fear

Question 19

The National (Constituent) Assembly issued the ____________________ on August 26, 1789 and served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791.

Answer 19

Declaration of the rights of man and of citizen

Question 20

The __________, were those, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France following 1789.

Answer 20

émigrés

Question 21

In January 1793, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by the ___________.

Answer 21

guillotine

Question 22

______________________ was a single-chamber assembly in France from September 20, 1792, to October 26, 1795.

Answer 22

The National Convention

Question 23

The __________ Club was distinguished by its left-wing revolutionary politics.

Answer 23

Jacobin

Question 24

The ____________ were the common people of the lower classes, many of whom became radical and militant partisans in response to their poor quality of life.

Answer 24

sans-culottes

Question 25

_________________ was a leader and orator, often seen as the chief force in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic.

Answer 25

Georges Danton

Question 26

The __________________ was the political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror.

Answer 26

Committee of Public Safety

Question 27

___________________ was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions between September 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794.

Answer 27

The Reign of terror

Question 28

After Danton’s death, _________________ led the Terror until the __________________ on July 27, 1794.

Answer 28

Maximilien Robespiere and Thermidorian Reaction

Question 29

After the Reign of Terror ended, the ___________ was the government set up by the Constitution of the Year III. It lasted from November 1795 to November 1799.

Answer 29

Directory

Question 30

The end of the Revolution was when ______________ (and a few others) took over in 1799.

Answer 30

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 31

The _____________ of 1801 was a peace made between revolutionaries and Catholics.

Answer 31

Concordat

Question 32

____________–vote of the people:

Answer 32

plebiscite

Question 33

The _____________ was the French civil code that clarified and made uniform the laws of France.

Answer 33

Napoleonic Code

Question 34

Napoleon established ___________ —government-run public schools to train officials.

Answer 34

lycees

Question 35

Hatred of Napoleon is the single biggest reason the ____________ kingdoms and principalities would eventually unite.

Answer 35

German

Question 36

The Spanish would fight as _________—small groups that attacked and then disappear.

Answer 36

guerrillas

Question 37

Napoleon’s ___________ was the main military component of the French Imperial Army.

Answer 37

La Grande Army

Question 38

In June 1812, Napoleon’s army marches into ___________ with 600,000 men

Answer 38

Russia

Question 39

At the Battle of ______________, Prussian and British forces (led by the Duke of Wellington) defeated Napoleon’s army. This was Napoleon’s last attempt at power.

Answer 39

Waterloo

Question 40

What three goals did Metternich have at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 40

-To have balance with the power over Europe
-To make sure there was legitimacy
-To strengthen the countries surrounding France

Question 41

What three actions were taken at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 41

-They formed the German Confederation
-They identified Switzerland to be its own region
-Said they would restore some monarchs back in power

Question 42

explain the legacy of the French Revolution on global political and social developments

Answer 42

The French Revolution ended the monarchy in France and took some power from the Church so they couldn’t use it against people. It helped make things a little more fair for the people. It helped the idea of freedom come along as well. It helped end slavery and even helped with women’s rights.