Outline 7, part 3 (French Revolution) Flashcards
Which factor did not contribute to France’s pre-revolution debt?
(A) The Seven Years’ War
(B) The cost of maintaining the army and navy
(C) Upkeep at Versailles
(D) High tariffs on imported goods
(D) High tariffs on imported goods
What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create? (A) Limited monarchy (B) Absolute monarchy (C) Republic (D) Communist
(A) Limited monarchy
What is the French Estates-General ?
a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm
The first estate is?
the clergy
The second estate is?
the nobles
The third estate is?
the commoners
The French Estates General was Summoned by King Louis XVI to:
propose solutions to his government’s financial problems
The Estates-General sat for several weeks in May and June 1789 but came to an impasse over the first item on the agenda, which was what?
whether they should vote by estate, giving the first two estates an advantage, which was the king’s choice, or vote all together, giving the Third Estate the advantage
The Estates-General was brought to an end when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, inviting the other two to join, against the wishes of the king, signaling the outbreak of ________.
the French Revolution.
Which Parisian landmark was raided by revolutionaries (Parisian sans culottes) in pursuit of arms? (A) The Bastille (B) The Louvre (C) The Musée d’Orsay (D) Versailles
(A) The Bastille
What happened on August 26, 1789?
(A) Marie-Antoinette was executed
(B) The Estates-General convened
(C) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued
(D) Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre played tennis
(C) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued
Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Estates-General convenes; Civil Constitution of the Clergy is issued; Louis XVI is executed; storming of the Bastille
(B) National Assembly is established; Reign of Terror; Declaration of Pillnitz; Louis XVI attempts to flee France
(C) Tennis Court Oath; storming of the Bastille; First Republic is declared; Reign of Terror
(D) The Directory takes dictatorial powers; Napoleon overthrows the Directory; Robespierre is executed, Declaration of Pillnitz
(C) Tennis Court Oath; storming of the Bastille; First Republic is declared; Reign of Terror
Which of the following did not occur?
(A) Robespierre eliminated all economic controls and allowed prices to rise sharply
(B) Louis XVI attempted to flee France
(C) The Jacobins took control of the National Convention away from the Girondins
(D) For a time, the French government was a limited monarchy
(A) Robespierre eliminated all economic controls and allowed prices to rise sharply
Which of the following is probably not a reason why the French Revolution turned violent?
(A) Severe food shortages
(B) The fact that the peasantry was in control
(C) The heavy tax burden on the poor
(D) The threat of foreign attack
(B) The fact that the peasantry was in control
Which document created a limited monarchy and ended noble privileges?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms
(B) The Constitution of 1791
Which document declared that all men are free and equal?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror; First Republic
(B) Storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror, Parisian Women march on Versailles; First Republic
(C) Storming of the Tuileries; Parisian women march on Versailles; First Republic; Reign of Terror
(D) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; First Republic; Reign of Terror
(D) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; First Republic; Reign of Terror
How were the French aristocracy taxed during the time of Louis XVI?
(A) They were not taxed
(B) They were taxed in proportion to landholdings
(C) They were taxed in proportion to total net worth
(D) They paid primarily sales taxes
(A) They were not taxed
Where was Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured? (A) Varennes, Austria (B) Spain (C) Britain (D) Germany
(A) Varennes, Austria
Why did the radical group of commoners call themselves sans-culottes?
(A) They refused to wear pants
(B) They were distinguishing themselves from the upper class, with its high fashion
(C) The army had commandeered their culottes
(D) None of the above
(B) They were distinguishing themselves from the upper class, with its high fashion
When did the National Assembly confiscate church property, starting the Church "reform"? (A) June 1790 (B) May 1789 (C) February 1790 (D) April 1792
(C) February 1790
Who was the Jacobin leader who seized control of National Convention and Committee of Public Safety, and later instituted the Reign of Terror, targeting those whose philosophies differed from his own
Maximilien Robespierre
Who wrote “Republic of Virtue?”
Maximilien Robespierre -
In January 1793, _______ was executed by guillotine.
King Louis XVI
In 1791, a war with ______ created unrest and violence in the country.
Austria
__________ created a nationalist army.
Levee en masse
The September massacres consisted of the executions of ______.
Clergy and aristocrats
Maximilien Robespierre wanted a highly centralized _________ government. He wanted to rule by guillotine.
totalitarian
During the resistance and fall of Robespierre, many of the original ________ were arrested and executed.
revolutionaries
The new constitution stipulated that the executive body of the new government would be a group of five officers called the _______.
Directory
The directory was overthrown by:
napoleon bonaparte
The _______ was the policy of military conscription adopted in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789. T
Levée en masse or, in English, “mass levy” or “mass uprising”)
The ______ was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789.
Tennis Court Oath
The______ stated “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established”.
Tennis Court Oath
reinforced the Assembly’s strength and forced the King to formally request that voting occur based on head, not ______.
order
