The French Revolution

Question 1

Name 3 things that contributed to France’s pre-revolution debt

Answer 1

The Seven Years War, the cost of maintaining
the army and navy, the parties and lifestyle of
the Nobility and Court at Versailles

Question 2

Name 3 different governments that ruled during the French Revolution

Answer 2

The National Assembly, The Committee of
Public Safety and the Directory

Question 3

What was the name of the French currency that was backed by the value of church?

Answer 3

3. Assignat

Question 4

What type of government did the constitution of 1791 create?

Answer 4

Limited Monarchy

Question 5

Who was appointed ruler of the committee of public safety

Answer 5

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 6

Before 1789, when was the estates general last assembled?

Answer 6

1614

Question 7

According to Emanuel Joseph Sieyes pamphlet, what is the third estate?

Answer 7

The Nation

Question 8

What did the Third Estate vow to do at the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 8

Wouldn’t dissolve until they had created a
Constitution

Question 8

Who helped form the French National Guard

Answer 8

Lafeyette

Question 9

Which Parisian landmark was raided by revolutionaries in pursuit of arms-July 14, 1789

Answer 9

Bastille

Question 10

What revolutionary document in France was based on the American Declaration of Independence?

Answer 10

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the
Citizen

Question 11

The Reign of Terror did

Answer 11

NOT take place in the summer of 1789

Question 12

Electoral accountability was

Answer 12

NOT an element of monarchial rule

Question 13

What group of people made up the second oath?

Answer 13

The Nobility

Question 14

When representatives took he Tennis Court Oath, what did they vow?

Answer 14

To continue meeting until they write a
constitution

Question 15

What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in October 1789?

Answer 15

Bread shortages in Paris

Question 16

What is July 14, an anniversary f?

Answer 16

Storming of the Bastille

Question 17

Marie Antoinette was the wife of which French monarch?

Answer 17

Louis XVI

Question 18

Which of the following rallying cries best describes the second stage of the French revolution?

Answer 18

Liberty

Question 19

Correct Order

Answer 19

1)Tennis Court Oath
2)Storming of the Bastille
3)First Republic

Question 20

Robespierre did

Answer 20

NOT eliminate economic controls

Question 21

What group wanted a limited monarchy in France?

Answer 21

Moderates

Question 22

Who issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?

Answer 22

The National Assembly

Question 23

What two groups would not have been grouped under the Third Estate?

Answer 23

Priests

Question 24

The King and Queen cooperating with the new government is

Answer 24

NOT a reason why the French Revolution turned violent

Question 25

Which document effectively nationalized the French church?

Answer 25

Concordat of 1801

Question 26

Which document declared that all men are free and equal?

Answer 26

Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen.

Question 27

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a dilemma for the devout masses of France.

Answer 27

Forcing them to choose between the revolution and their religion

Question 28

What group was most likely in favor of a limited monarchy?

Answer 28

Moderates

Question 29

Which group was most likely in favor of the principle of privilege and feudal obligations

Answer 29

The Nobility

Question 30

Which group was most likely in favor of absolute rule by dynasty?

Answer 30

The Monarchists

Question 31

Which group was most likely in favor of the system of one cote per person in the Estates General?

Answer 31

The Third Estate

Question 32

In which position did Napoleon begin his career?

Answer 32

Army officer

Question 33

How were the French aristocracy taxed during the time of Louis XVI?

Answer 33

They were not taxed

Question 34

To which country were Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?

Answer 34

Austria

Question 35

What did radicals that were trying to distinguish themselves from the nobility call themselves?

Answer 35

Sans Culottes

Question 36

Which of the following wasn’t a revolutionary figure?

Answer 36

Louis XVI

Question 37

For how many years did Napoleon Bonaparte rule France after overthrowing the diirectory?

Answer 37

15