Chapter 2

Question 1

1789

Answer 1

The year 1789 marked the storming of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Men. It’s the year where French Revolution begin.

Question 2

Louis XVI

Answer 2

Louis XVI was the king during the revolution ages. He was dethroned in 1792 and executed in 1793.

Question 3

Marie Antoinette

Answer 3

She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution

Question 4

causes of the French Revolution

Answer 4

• Expenses of the king and queen was high.
• Taxation system was ineffective.
• Enlightenment
• Food shortages
• American war of independence.

Question 5

the Estates General

Answer 5

• What was it? It was an assembly representing the three estates-the clergy, nobility, and the general.
• Why was it convened? Because of the financial crisis and the refusal of the privileged classes to approve new taxes. Louis XVI convoked the Estates General to address government reforms and the tax system. Louis XVI was trying to let the Estates General take the blame of the tax burden from people and make himself looks better.
• What was controversial about it?
  The voting was by order, not by head, causing the Third Estate, which was about 97% of the population, had only one vote of the three.

Question 6

cahiers de doléances

Answer 6

It’s a list of grievances from the three estates of France

Question 7

the Tennis Court Oath

Answer 7

“Where we meet, there is the nation.” Was the Tennis Court Oath swore by the Third Estate. They vowed not to adjourn until France was given a new constitution.

Question 8

July 14 1789

Answer 8

On July 14, a crowd of eighty thousand stormed the Bastille, hoping to seize ammunition stored there. This started a war with the royal troops, but the crowd prevailed, and they killed the governor of the prison. This day was the symbol of the Independence Day for the people in France. The French Revolution became violent since that day.

Question 9

the Bastille

Answer 9

It was the old royal prison, where the war happened with the general people in France. The fall of the Bastille became an important symbol of the Revolution. The Bastille Day became the Franch National Day.

Question 10

sans-culottes

Answer 10

It means “those without fancy pants.” It was a common phrase showed after the revolution.

Question 11

the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Answer 11

It is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The declaration clearly reflects Enlightenment ideals and the ideas and language of Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke.

Question 12

the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Answer 12

The Assembly enacted the constitution. It required public election of clergy and bishops and forced the clergy to sign an oath of loyalty to the nation.

Question 13

the Flight to Varennes

Answer 13

It is the event when Louis XVI fled Paris and attempted to reach the French border to rally those opposed to the Revolution.

Question 14

the Jacobins

Answer 14

It was a political club formed after the fall of the monarchy in France.

Question 15

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 15

He was a member of the deputies after the fall of the monarchy.

Question 16

the Committee of Public Safety

Answer 16

It was set up to defend the gains of the Revolution and eliminate its enemies.

Question 17

guillotine

Answer 17

Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette was executed on the guillotine. It was introduced as a painless and efficient means of execution. It also became another symbol of the Revolution.

Question 18

1the Terror

Answer 18

It was against those who opposed the Revolution like some internal enemies in France and foreign invasion from Britain, Holland, and Spain.

Question 19

Napoleon Bonaparrte

Answer 19

He was a great soldier fighting with the foreign invasion during French Revolution. He was then elected first consul for life, and soon crowned as the emperor of the French.

Question 20

Put the following in correct chronological order

Answer 20

___1_ Estates General
___2_ Communes
__3__ National Assembly
___4_ Legislative Assembly
__5__ National Convention
__6__ Directory
__7__ Consulate
__8__ Empire

Question 21

Napoleon’s reforms/influence

Answer 21

Napoleon implemented financial, judicial, and administrative reforms. He made peach with the Catholic Church by signing a concordat with the pope and eliminating most of the harassment of the church and clergy that had been unleashed by the Revolution. He also introduced the Napoleonic Code, which remains the basis for the legal system of France and most of the rest of Europe. He went and spread the idea of revolution to the rest of the Europe.

Question 22

concordat

Answer 22

It was the agreement Napoleon created and signed with the Catholic Church during Revolution to make harmony with the church.

Question 23

1815

Answer 23

Napolean was defeated by the British and Prussian army at the famous battle of Waterloo, in Belgium in 1815.

Question 24

Waterloo

Answer 24

The Battle of Waterloo, in Belgium was a famous battle in the French Revolution history.

Question 25

St. Helena

Answer 25

It was a small island in the South Atlantic where Napolean was banished and eventually died in 1821

Question 26

the Congress of Vienna

Answer 26

After the defeat of the Napolean army, Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia confirmed the restoration of the old order with some modifications and put back in place the balance of power with the intent of preserving monarchical power and maintaining a lasting peace.