The French Revolution

Question 1

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 1

1) general in the French army and leader of the consulate that overthrew the Directory
2) marked the end of the Revolution
3) made peace with the Catholic Church
4) Civil Code: equality, individual profession, religious toleration, abolition of feudal obligations
5) new bureaucracy: strong centralized administration that was based on merit
6) preserved many revolutionary ideas, but censored the free press and private mail
7) conquered many neighboring countries
8) spread nationalism
9) created the Continental System in order to force GB to become allies
10) lost to Russia and was exiled to Elba
11) returned for 100 days and was exiled to St. Helena

Question 2

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 2

1) leader of the Jacobin
2) chairman of the Committee of Public Safety
3) started the Reign of Terror to save France from invasions

Question 3

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes (Abbe Sieyes)

Answer 3

1) supporter of the Third Estate, but he was a clergy
2) “What is the Third Estate?”
3) Tennis Court Oath

Question 4

Bourgeoisie

Answer 4

1) the middle and upper classes of the french society

2) were represented by delegates in the Estates-General and the National Assembly

Question 5

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 5

1) chairman Robespierre
2) 12 people
3) defended France from external and domestic threats
4) adopted the Reign of Terror

Question 6

The Republic of Virtues

Answer 6

1) a democratic republic composed of good citizens
2) “citizens” and “citizeness”
3) tried to control the prices of bread
4) de-Christianization
5) other countries declare war on France

Question 7

Georges Danton

Answer 7

1) leader of the Paris Commune

2) became a member of the CPS

Question 8

Jean-Paul Marat

Answer 8

1) “Friend of the People”

Question 9

The Thermidorian Reaction

Answer 9

1) the period of governmental restructuring
2) more conservative National Convention
3) the Directory was formed

Question 10

The Directory

Answer 10

1) Council of 500
2) Council of 250
3) many political enemies and economic issues
4) used the military and abused power

Question 11

Storming of the Bastille

Answer 11

1) Third Estate tore the Bastille stone by stone
2) begins the Great Fear
3) influences violence across the country

Question 12

Women Marching on Versailles

Answer 12

1) women from the Third Estate and fish women (buff)
2) wanted bread to feed their family
3) caused the king and queen to go to Paris
4) got wagon fulls of flour

Question 13

The Paris Commune

Answer 13

1) Jacobins declared a mob attack on the royal palace and the Legislative Assembly
2) took king captive
3) forced the Legislative Assembly to suspend the monarchy and call for a National Convention
4) sans-culottes

Question 14

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 14

1) Third Estate swore an oath after the king refused to recognize the National Assembly

Question 15

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Answer 15

1) inspired by the English Bill of Rights
2) all men were free and equal before the law
2) appointed to public office should be based on talent
3) not groups should be exempt from taxation
4) all citizens had the right to make laws
5) freedom of speech and press

Question 16

Olympe de Gouges

Answer 16

1) she did not like the Declaration of the Rights of MAN because it did not include WOMEN
2) Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen

Question 17

Congress of Vienna

Answer 17

1) GB, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
2) Klemens con Metternich (Austrian prince)
3) divided up Europe
4) agreed to meet occasionally in order to balance power (Concert of Europe)
5) Principle of Intervention: the Great Powers had the right to send armies into countries to stop revolutions

Question 18

Liberalism

Answer 18

1) people should be as free as possible from gov. restraint
2) committed to religious toleration and the separation of the church and state
3) supporters of a representative assembly/ legislature
4) middle-class attitudes

Question 19

Nationalism

Answer 19

1) people were the nation, not the monarchy
2) everyone had a common language and tradition
3) overcame some principles of liberalism