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Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Napoleon Bonaparte
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When did the revolutionist storm Bastille
July 14 1889
July 14 1789
July 15 1789
June 14 1789
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Who took over after Robespierre?
The Directory
Louis XVII
Napoleon Bonaparte
Marie Antoinette
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Who didn't get their had cut off
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
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Who took over after The Directory
Josephine Bonaparte
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
England
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Who said let them eat cake
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Robespierre
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where did the revolutionists storm for weapons
The tennis courts
The homes of citizens
the church
Bastille
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where was the tennis court oath take
Basketball courts
Tennis courts
The horse stables
The church
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what was the reign of terror
When king Louis XVI ruled France
when Marie Antoinette said " let them eat cake"
when Napoleon ruled France
When Robespierre was in charge of France.
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What was Robespierre's profession
King
Chef
Judge
Lawyer
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Why was The Directory overthrew with a coup d'etat
They were too perfect
There was alot of in house fighting
there was a lot of corruption
They genocided people who were a threat to the republic
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What raised from 8 assignat to 12 assignat in a year
Bread
Croissants
Stew
Meat
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What wasn't one of the three estates during the French Revolution
Clergy
Commoners
Serfs
Nobilty
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Why were commoners upset by taxes(SELECT TWO)
They weren't high enough
They were too high
Tax evasion was very common
Taxes were unfair among the estates
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Who were the Jacobins?A Radical Group.A Conservative Group.People loyal to King Louis XVI.Members of the 1st Estate - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The representatives took a _________ Oath declaring the allegiance and commitment to reform.Racquet BallTennis CourtBastilleNew Constitution
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Monarch of france during the 1780s
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louis XIII
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Nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people.
National Assembly
The Estates
New Regime
Feudalism
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Social class consisting of the clergy.
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
The CHURCH!
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The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
1.2.3.. BOURGEOISIE!
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French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people
Estates General
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Congressional Assembly
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July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.
Storming of the Bastille
The Great Fear
Storming of Pompei
Sandstorm
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Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
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Native nobles of France who left their country for political reasons during the peasant uprisings (Great Fear)
Sans-Cullotes
Radicals
Emigres
Jacobins
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A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
Beheader
National Razor
Guillotine
Head chopper-offer 3000
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Leader of the Committee of Public Safety, he and his followers tried to wipe out all traces of France's past monarchies.
Louis XVI
Maximillien Robespierre
Jean-Paul Marat
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A committee established during the French Revolution to identify "enemies of the republic."
Committee of Public Safety
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Estates General
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The Second Estate was made up of France's -
clergy
common people
priests
nobles
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What did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?
To execute the king
To write a new constitution
To stage a Coup d'etat
To make France independent
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The King was
a. found guilty of treason
b. executed by guillotine
c. killed in prison by sans culottes
d. both a. and b.
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Louis XVI was married to __________
Josephine Beauharnais
Madame Bovary
Maria Teresa
Marie Antoinette
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is a true outcome of the French Revolution?The unfair social class system, known as Estates, was abolished.All people in France were granted the right to vote, regardless of gender, race or class.The monarchy returned in an event known as the Restoration.Napoleon was elected by the people to become president.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is a cause of the French Revolution?Louis XVI was a strong and dedicated leaderThe election for the new king was riggedThere was social imbalance within the countryThe king was unhappy and led a revolut in France
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What kind of gov't did the constitution of 1795 establish with its executive branch of 5 directors and a 2 house legislative branch?
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Republic
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After the TERROR, some stability was achieved in 1795 when...
The Directory came to power
Napoleon took over the government
The Committee of Public Safety took over the government
All of these
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Second Estate was composed ofChurch leadersNobilityPeasantsnone of the above
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Estate2nd Estate3rd Estate4th Estate - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why was voting in the Estates General unfairvotes were not secreteach estate voted by how many members there wereeach estate got the same number of votesthe King got two votes
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?defeat and occupation by Prussian armyrejection of Enlightenment ideasparticipation in the American Revolutionthe rise of Napoleon
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who belonged to the First Estate?noblesclergypeasantsroyalty