Unit 4 French

Question 1

Who was Abbe Sieyes?

Answer 1

A political theorist and clergyman during the French Revolution.

Question 2

What was the American Revolution?

Answer 2

A colonial revolt against British rule from 1775 to 1783.

Question 3

What were Assignats?

Answer 3

Paper currency issued during the French Revolution.

Question 4

What does Bourgeoisie refer to?

Answer 4

The middle class, typically referencing those involved in commerce and industry.

Question 5

What were Cahiers de doléances?

Answer 5

Lists of grievances drawn up by each of the three estates in France.

Question 6

What was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?

Answer 6

A law passed in 1790 that restructured the Catholic Church in France.

Question 7

What was the Committee of Public Safety?

Answer 7

A governing body during the French Revolution that oversaw the Reign of Terror.

Question 8

What was the Concordat of 1801?

Answer 8

An agreement between Napoleon and the Pope that reestablished the Catholic Church in France.

Question 9

What was the Continental System?

Answer 9

A blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce.

Question 10

Who was Danton?

Answer 10

A leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution.

Question 11

What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

Answer 11

A fundamental document of the French Revolution that outlines individual and collective rights.

Question 12

What was the Directory?

Answer 12

The government of France from 1795 to 1799.

Question 13

What was the Estates-General?

Answer 13

A legislative assembly in France representing the three estates.

Question 14

What is the First Estate?

Answer 14

The clergy in the Estates-General.

Question 15

Who were the Girondins?

Answer 15

A political faction during the French Revolution that represented the moderate republicans.

Question 16

What was the Great Fear?

Answer 16

A period of panic and riot by peasants in France in 1789.

Question 17

Who were the Jacobins?

Answer 17

A radical political group during the French Revolution.

Question 18

What was the Legislative Assembly?

Answer 18

The governing body of France from 1791 to 1792.

Question 19

Who was Louis Saint-Just?

Answer 19

A key figure in the French Revolution and ally of Robespierre.

Question 20

Who was Louis XVI?

Answer 20

The last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

Question 21

Who was Maximilien Robespierre?

Answer 21

A leading figure in the French Revolution known for his role in the Reign of Terror.

Question 22

What does Mountain refer to?

Answer 22

A political group in the National Convention that was more radical than the Girondins.

Question 23

Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

Answer 23

A military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and became Emperor of France.

Question 24

What is a Nation in arms?

Answer 24

A term referring to the mobilization of the French populace for military service.

Question 25

What was the National Assembly?

Answer 25

The revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate.

Question 26

What was the National Convention?

Answer 26

The assembly that governed France from 1792 to 1795.

Question 27

What is Nationalism?

Answer 27

A political ideology that emphasizes the interests of a particular nation.

Question 28

What was the Paris Commune?

Answer 28

A radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from March 1871 to May 1871.

Question 29

What was the Parlement of Paris?

Answer 29

The most important court in France before the Revolution.

Question 30

What was the Reign of Terror?

Answer 30

A period during the French Revolution characterized by extreme political repression.

Question 31

What was the Republic of Virtue?

Answer 31

A political theory during the French Revolution that sought to create a virtuous citizenry.

Question 32

Who were the Sans-culottes?

Answer 32

Working-class militants during the French Revolution.

Question 33

What is the Second Estate?

Answer 33

The nobility in the Estates-General.

Question 34

What is Taille?

Answer 34

A direct tax on the French peasantry.

Question 35

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 35

A pledge made by members of the Third Estate not to disband until a new constitution was established.

Question 36

What was the Thermidorean Reaction?

Answer 36

The period of relaxation of the Reign of Terror after the fall of Robespierre.

Question 37

What is the Third Estate?

Answer 37

The common people in the Estates-General, which made up the majority of the population.

Question 38

Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?

Answer 38

A leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Question 39

What was the Vendee?

Answer 39

A region in France that was the site of a major counter-revolutionary uprising.

Question 40

What was the War of the Third Coalition?

Answer 40

A conflict in which Britain, Austria, Russia, and others fought against Napoleon's France.

Question 41

What was the Women's March to Versailles?

Answer 41

A protest by women in Paris that led to the king being brought back to Paris.