The Enlightenment/ French Revolution

Question 1

3 major events that happened in 1789

Answer 1

1) Louis XVI calls the Estates General
2) The Third Estate ( National Assembly) swears the Tennis Court Oath
3) The storming of the Bastille

Question 2

when and what is the Flight to Varennes?

Answer 2

1) 1791
2) Louis and his wife, Marie Antoinette, try to escape but are captured because they had broken their promise to the country

Question 3

2 major events that happened in 1792

Answer 3

1) The monarchy is abolished

2) The French Republic is declared

Question 4

when was Louis XVI executed?

Answer 4

1793

Question 5

what else happened in 1793?

Answer 5

The Terror begins

Question 6

who was executed with Louis XVI?

Answer 6

His wife, Marie Antoinette

Question 7

how was the king and his wife executed?

Answer 7

By the guillotine

Question 8

2 major events that happened in 1794

Answer 8

1) Robespierre is executed by the guillotine

2) The Directory takes charge of France

Question 9

what happens in 1799?

Answer 9

Napoleon stages a coup and takes charge of France

Question 10

what happened in 1802?

Answer 10

Napoleon makes himself First Consul

Question 11

when does Napoleon make himself emperor?

when does he start to build the French Empire?

Answer 11

1804

Question 12

when was the Battle of Trafalgar?

what happens?

Answer 12

1) Napoleon is defeated by Lord Nelson who uses tactics to win against the French fleet
2) 1805

Question 13

when is the Battle of Waterloo?

why is it significant?

Answer 13

1) 1815

2) due to his continuous defeats, Napoleon was forced to step down from his position of power

Question 14

The Enlightenment

Answer 14

the period during which people began to use new ideas to question the world around them

Question 15

Reason

Answer 15

the use of your mind to understand why something is the way it is

Question 16

Empiricsm

Answer 16

the belief that knowledge can only be gained through your own experience

Question 17

Experience

Answer 17

physically hearing, seeing or feeling something

Question 18

Absolute monarchy

Answer 18

a monarchy that has no limits on its power

Question 19

Revolution

Answer 19

when a system is removed, usually by force or violence, and replaced with something new

Question 20

Versailles

Answer 20

the home of French kings before 1789

Question 21

The Ancien Regime

Answer 21

the ‘old system’ (the way France was ruled before the revolution of 1789)

Question 22

The Estates

Answer 22

the old social divisions in France before the French Revolution

Question 23

What is the First Estate

Answer 23

clergy- people who worked for the church

Question 24

What is the Second Estate

Answer 24

nobility- people born into a family of wealth and high status

Question 25

What is the Third Estate

Answer 25

peasantry- the poorest people in France, making up 98 per cent of the country’s population

Question 26

What is the National Assembly

Answer 26

what the Third Estate renamed itself as in 1789

Question 27

Louis XVI

Answer 27

the last king of France. Was executed in 1793

Question 28

The Terror

Answer 28

the period of time where thousands of people were executed for not supporting the republic

Question 29

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 29

the leader of the National Convention who encouraged the Terror

Question 30

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 30

the man who took power in France in 1799 and created the French Empire

Question 31

Lord Nelson

Answer 31

the man who defeated the French navy at the Battle of Trafalgar

Question 32

why was the Enlightenment significant (4)

Answer 32

• scientists started to study the world better
• people began to invent machines
• empiricism inspired people to start investigating the world
• people began to gain knowledge because they stopped clinging to tradition

Question 33

what did the French Revolution inspire

Answer 33

more countries around Europe and in South America began to revolt against their own monarchies

Question 34

what was a consequence of the Battle of Trafalgar in terms of Britain

Answer 34

Britain had the most powerful navy, meaning it could control the oceans

Question 35

what was a consequence of the Battle of Trafalgar in terms of France

Answer 35

Napoleon decided to stop France and the rest of Europe from trading with Britain, in the hopes that it would ruin the British economy

Question 36

how did Napoleon become the First Consul (7)

Answer 36

• The Directory was in debt
• They secretly invited Napoleon to France
• Napoleon travelled from Egypt back to his home country
• He staged a coup d’etat
• Abolished the Directory
• Asked the people of France to vote for him
• Won the election because he was popular

Question 37

who were the Jacobins

Answer 37

a political party who were strongly revolutionary, led by Robespierre

Question 38

what did the Jacobins call people who were against the revolution

Answer 38

counter-revolutionaries

Question 39

how many people were arrested during the Terror

Answer 39

roughly 20, 000

Question 40

how many people were executed during the Terror

Answer 40

roughly 17, 000

Question 41

in what month / year did the Estates General meet

Answer 41

May 1789

Question 42

in what month / year did the Tennis Court Oath happen

Answer 42

June 1789

Question 43

in what month / year did the Storming of the Bastille occur

Answer 43

July 1789

Question 44

in what month / year did the Assembly declare all men as free

Answer 44

August 1789

Question 45

in what month / year did King Louis XVI try to escape

Answer 45

June 1791

Question 46

in what month / year was the French Republic declared

Answer 46

September 1792

Question 47

in what month / year was Louis XVI executed

Answer 47

January 1793