16 questions
Which group of people made up the THIRD ESTATE of France?
Clergy (Priests)
Nobility (Rich)
Middle Class/Peasants
Royalty
Which group of people made up the First Estate of France?
Nobility (rich)
Clergy (priests)
Middle Class/peasants
Royalty
Which group of people made up the Second Estate in France?
Clergy (Priests)
Nobility (Rich)
Middle Class/Peasants
Royalty
What was the name of the legislature at the beginning of the French Revolution?
Estates General
National Convention
House of Representatives
Senate
Which king called the Estates General to raise taxes in order to solve France's financial crisis?
Louis XVI (16th)
Peter the Great
Elizabeth I
Napoleon
After Louis XVI called the Estates General to raise taxes, peasants showed their distrust in the monarchy by storming the ----------- on July 14, 1789.
Versailles
The Bastille
Churches
Noble Estates
What was the slogan of the Third Estate throughout the French Revolution?
Peace, Land, Bread
Justice for All
Liberty, Fraternity, Equality
Consent of the Governed
What form of government was adopted in France after the signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Limited Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
Who rule France during the radical phase of the French Revolution?
Robespierre
Louis XVI
Napoleon
Olympe de Gouges
Why was the Reign of Terror radical?
Robespierre killed political opponents.
Robespierre banned the Catholic Church.
Robespierre changed the calendar of France.
All of the above.
In which phase of the French Revolution was the guillotine most frequently used?
Limited Monarchy
Napoleonic Era
Reign of Terror
Year Zero
What form of government was used by Robespierre during the Reign of Terror?
limited monarchy
dictatorship
democracy
theocracy
What do Louis XVI, Olympe de Gouges, Robespierre and Marie Antoinette have in common?
They were leaders of France.
The believed in Enlightened ideas.
They were radicals.
They were all beheaded by the guillotine.
How did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power?
He was a successful general who fought against European powers during the French Revolution.
He sided with the middle class during the Revolution and rose through the ranks of the military.
He overthrew the Directory in a coup and restored order at the end of the Revolution.
all of the above
Which 2 countries was Napoleon unable to conquer after taking control of France and establishing his European empire?
Spain
Russia
England
Germany
Which ideas of the French Revolution were established by the Napoleonic Code at the end of the Revolution?
Fraternity---Nationalism
Equality for ALL Citizens of France
Liberty--Religious Freedom in France
Equality--through better education of the Middle Class