French Revolution

Question 1

A period of new thoughts regarding gov’t and humanity was called the…..

Answer 1

ENLIGHTENMENT

Question 2

John Lockes main idea was that humans…..

Answer 2

were born w/ natural rights the gov’t should pretect

Question 3

The three branches of gov’t each serve as checks and balances for each other. This was the idea of who??

Answer 3

Montesque

Question 4

Gatherings where he people of France discussed the ideas of the Enlightment.

Answer 4

Salons

Question 5

Who was the economist who believed that the gov’t should take a “hands off” approach to the economy.

Answer 5

Adam Smith

Question 6

The first revolution to be inspired but the Enlightenment was the…

Answer 6

American Revolution

Question 7

What did the Treaty of Paris do?

Answer 7

It gave the Americans greater independence.

Question 8

What are Social Classes in France called?

Answer 8

Estates

Question 9

What percent of the 3rd class was France made up of?

Answer 9

97%

Question 10

When the estates general met, it was the first time in _______ Years?

Answer 10

175

Question 11

Which estate did the poorest people in France belong to?

Answer 11

The 3rd Estate

Question 12

Members of the bourgeois may have been what professions?

Answer 12

Merchants

Question 13

This is a large palace built for entertaining huge parties and nobles

Answer 13

Versailles

Question 14

What are some of the direst causes of the French Revolution?

Answer 14

1. inequalities in society
2. enlightenment ideas
3. financial crisis
4. .High taxes on the 3rd Estate
5. Poor harvest that led to the 3rd estate suffering

Question 15

Members of the 2nd estate were most likely in this profession.

Answer 15

Nobles

Question 16

Who inspired the French peasants?

Answer 16

Enlightenment Philosophers

Question 17

Which class was taxed the most in France?

Answer 17

The 3rd Estate

Question 18

Who was the King of France during the beginning of the French Revolution?

Answer 18

King Louis 16th

Question 19

Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution?

Answer 19

Marie Antoinette

Question 20

Where did the 3rd estate go when they left the Estates General to form their own govt?

Answer 20

The tennis courts

Question 21

the declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen were drafted by which gov’t of France.

Answer 21

National Assembly

Question 22

Who marched from Paris to Versailles demanding bread and made an agreement with the king and his family to return with them to Paris?

Answer 22

7000 women

Question 23

The Third Estate declared themselves to be the new government of France, and they called themselves the..

Answer 23

National Assembly

Question 24

July 14, 1789 is famous because this is when the peasants:

Answer 24

Stormed the Bastille and began the French Revolution

Question 25

The new government created the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen”. This document espoused the ideals of

Answer 25

1. Equal rights of MEN 2. The gov't should protect natural rights 3. Natural rights

Question 26

Thousands were killed during the French Revolution by the....

Answer 26

Guillotine

Question 27

The type of government that the French revolutionaries wanted was a...

Answer 27

republic

Question 28

The fate of both the king and queen of France was....

Answer 28

Being executed by the guillotine.

Question 29

The period of time in which up to 40,000 people may have been executed during the French Revolution was called the...

Answer 29

Reign of Terror

Question 30

The man who was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety and started a huge period of executions was named...

Answer 30

Robespierre

Question 31

The new government set up at the end of the Terror ended, and tried to create order, but was too weak, corrupt, and inefficient was called

Answer 31

The directory

Question 32

The man who took over France and led them out of the chaos of the Revolution with a coup d’état

Answer 32

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 33

This leader (from the previous question) was first banished to this island, from which he escaped...

Answer 33

Elba

Question 34

When Napoleon gave his voters a question in 1804 that asked if they wanted to make France an empire, this vote was called a _

Answer 34

Plebisate

Question 35

Who did Napoleon snatch a crown from to make himself emperor of France?

Answer 35

Pope Pius VII

Question 36

Who was the British admiral who was undefeated at Sea against Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 36

Great Britain

Question 37

What country was led by Czar Alexander I?

Answer 37

Russia

Question 38

The country from the previous question had troops and peasants do what as Napoleon’s army advanced?

Answer 38

They set fire to the crops (scorched the earth)

Question 39

After Napoleon escaped from his Isle, what did he do?

Answer 39

Took power for 100 days

Question 40

What happened at the Battle of Waterloo?

Answer 40

Napoleon lost to Duke of Wellington and finally ends his power.

Question 41

Where was Napoleon exiled to for the final time?

Answer 41

St. Helena

Question 42

The Congress of Vienna had the purpose of what?

Answer 42

1. Redraw the Map of Europe | 2. Restore order and stability after war