Revolution Fact Test

Question 1

What happened on July 14th 1789?

Answer 1

Storming of the bastille

Question 2

What was the name of the French kings wife ?

Answer 2

Marie Antoinette

Question 3

What nationality was the French kings wife ?

Answer 3

Austrian

Question 4

How many estates were in the Estates- General?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 5

The oath taken that the 3rd estate would set up a National Assembly

Question 6

When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?

Answer 6

20th June 1789

Question 7

What were the 2 causes of the French Revolution ?

Answer 7

Absolute monarch and poverty (also bad harvests, lavish lifestyle, national debt etc…)

Question 8

What was the name of the radical Jacobean who presided over the reign of terror

Answer 8

Robespierre

Question 9

Which revolutionary was murdered whilst in the bath?

Answer 9

Marat

Question 10

What is the origin of right and left wing?

Answer 10

Where radicals and moderates sat in the National Assembly

Question 11

Where did the king of France reside

Answer 11

Palace of Versailles

Question 12

Which Whig politician spoke out against the French Revolution ?

Answer 12

Edmund Burke

Question 13

Who wrote the book called the rights of man

Answer 13

Tom Paine

Question 14

How many copies did the rights of man sell

Answer 14

200,000

Question 15

When was the right of man published

Answer 15

1791

Question 16

What happened at Copenhagen fields in 1795

Answer 16

More than 100,000 people demonstrated for more political rights

Question 17

Why was London corresponding society formed?

Answer 17

To pressurise the government into making political reform

Question 18

Name 2 Whig MPs who supported the French Revolution

Answer 18

Charles James fox and earl grey

Question 19

Why did many people turn away from the French Revolution from 1793 onwards

Answer 19

Napoleonic wars 1793-1815

Question 20

Name a law that the government passed in 1795 to stop revolution from happening in Britain

Answer 20

The treasonable practices act
The seditious meetings act

Question 21

Name 2 other ways that the government responded to the threat of the French Revolution?

Answer 21

Banned rights of man
Spy network set up
(Also tax on newspapers)

Question 22

What did the Sheffield society create in 1792?

Answer 22

A petition to parliament asking for political reform ?