French Revolution & Napoleon Flashcards
Which estate included the peasant farmers and city workers
3rd
Which estates were given top military officer positions?
2nd
Which estate included weathly doctors,lawyers, bankers, ect
3rd
Which estate was titled nobility?
2nd
Which estates did not have to preform corvee’
1st,2nd
Which of these best describes the french government prior to the revolution
A Absolute Monarchy
B Limited Monarchy
C Democracy
D Republic
A Absolute Monarchy
How many votes did each estate receive when the estates general met?
A 1 per representative
B 1 per estate
C votes were based on popularity
D none, it was based on what the king wanted
B 1 per estate
The members of what estate broke away from the estate general and formed the national assembly, and their goal was to create a new constitution
3rd
Which first event demonstrated that popular public protest would play an import role in the french revolution
A Committee of public safety
B the trail of louis XVI
C the mob attack on bastille
D the return of napleon
C
What was the 1st document made by the national assembly that changed french laws and society
Tennis Court Oath
The Catholic Church under government controll as well as elected positions and the sale of church property were some of the changes made by what document
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Who was the writer that wrote a statement of rights for women after the Declaration of Rights of Man did not address them
olympe de gouges
Who was the radical group that was mostly bourgeoisie who pushed for a republic form of government
Jacobins
Who were the Sans Culottes
Poor working class mobs of radical city workers that wanted to abolish the monarchy
Who was the moderate political group from mostly rual areas who liked the changes of the Constituion of 1791
Girodins
