Unit 1: The French Revolution

Question 1

Nation

Answer 1

A group of people who feel connections to one another in some way.
(Ex. Hindu)

Question 2

State

Answer 2

A legal/political entity that is comprised of the following, a permanent population, defined territory, a government, or the capacity to enter relations with others.
(Ex. Alaska)

Question 3

Nation-State

Answer 3

Single or multiple nations joined together in a formal political union.
(Ex. A country like Canada)

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

The likes of your country and the dislikes of others. A national identity.

Question 5

Patriotism

Answer 5

Favouritism and devotion to one’s country.

Question 6

Linguistic Nationalism

Answer 6

Feeling of nation based on a shared language.

Question 7

Spiritual Nationalism

Answer 7

Feeling of nation based on a relationship with the land or religions. (Very similar to religious nationalism)

Question 8

Religious Nationalism

Answer 8

Feeling of nation based on a shared religions.

Question 9

Ethnic Nationalism

Answer 9

Feeling of nation based on a shared ethnicity.

Question 10

Cultural Nationalism

Answer 10

Feeling of nation based on a shared culture.

Question 11

Geographic Nationalism

Answer 11

Feeling of nation based on a shared land or being in the same area as others.

Question 12

Historical Nationalism

Answer 12

Feeling of nation based on a shared sense of history.

Question 13

Civic Nation

Answer 13

Nation based on a government.
(Ex. Canada)

Question 14

1st Estate France

Answer 14

Comprised of the Clergy
(People involved in running the church)

Question 15

2nd Estate France

Answer 15

Comprised of the nobility.
(Royal family members and wealthy people connected to the royal family)

Question 16

3rd Estate France

Answer 16

Everybody else.
(Peasant farmers -> wealthy business class)

Question 17

Limited Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 17

Head power (King/Queen) have limited power and don’t make all the decisions.
(Ex. Canada under Great Britain)

Question 18

Republic

Answer 18

Government gives some political power to the people, democracy normally.
(France became a republic after the revolution)

Question 19

Louis XIV (14th)

Answer 19

Introduced the Monarchy, led France when they were very poor. Very good King (Sunking)

Question 20

Louis XVI (16th)

Answer 20

Became king after France started a downfall after Louis 15th. Was the last king before the republic of France.

Question 21

Marie Antionette

Answer 21

Austrian wife of Louis 16th, used to form a political alliance between France and Austria. When she was Queen she spent lots of money and bought a lot of things which the people did not like.

Question 22

Maximilian Robespierre

Answer 22

Member of the Public Safety Committee, after the death of Louis 16 he led the Reign of Terror and became very power hungry. He was later executed.

Question 23

Significance of the Estate General

Answer 23

Discrimination and treatment of the third estate fuelled the start of the French Revolution.

Question 24

National Assembly

Answer 24

The NA represented the third estate and demanded the king to make economic reforms for people to eat. It became the form of government after the storming of Bastille.

Question 25

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 25

The NA met in a tennis court and made an oath that they would never separate until a written constitution was established for France.

Question 26

Storming of the Bastille

Answer 26

A prison in Paris known as the Bastille was attacked by an angry mob. The prison represented the monarchy’s dictional rule.

Question 27

Great Fear

Answer 27

The peasants and townspeople feared that the Aristocrats would undermine the revolution so they attacked people’s homes.

Question 28

August 4th- Reforms of the National Assembly

Answer 28

19 articles were passed by the National Assembly that included removed tax exemptions for upper classes and ended feudalism in France.

Question 29

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Answer 29

Sets out rights related to freedom of ownership, security, and resistance to oppression. It recognized equality before the law.

Question 30

March on Versailles

Answer 30

A woman’s march for the chronic shortage and high prices of bread. This proved that the monarchy is subject to the will of the people.

Question 31

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Answer 31

It was an attempt to reorganize the Roman Catholic Church on a national basis. Caused a separation of the church and caused many Catholics to go against the revolution.

Question 32

National Convention

Answer 32

Provided a new constitution after the overthrow of the Monarchy.

Question 33

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 33

Created by the National Convention to defend the country against foreign and domestic enemies. Also over saw the new functions of the government.

Question 34

Constitution of 1791

Answer 34

Created by the NA. It retained the Monarchy but sovereignty resided which was elected by voting.

Question 35

Execution of Louis XVI (16th)

Answer 35

He was unwilling to give up his power to the revolutionary government and was found guilty of treason and sent to death via guillotine.

Question 36

Levee en Masse

Answer 36

French term used for a policy of mass national conscription.

Question 37

Napoleon as Emperor

Answer 37

He seized political power in France and claimed himself as emperor. He was ambitious and a skilled military strategist.

Question 38

Napoleon

Answer 38

Grew up poor but still a part of nobility. Led France to many invasion wins, tried to invade Moscow but failed and was then banished.

Question 39

Napoleonic Code

Answer 39

This removed all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law, secured the right to properly, and abolished the feudal system.

Question 40

Legion of Honor

Answer 40

Rewarded people who have carried out actions of great value. Napoleon created this to show political loyalty.