Le French Revolution

Question 1

What happened on July 14th 1789?

Answer 1

Storming of Bastille

Question 2

What was the name of the French king’s wife?

Answer 2

Marie Antoinette

Question 3

What nationality was the French king’s wife?

Answer 3

Austrian

Question 4

How many estates were in the Estates-General?

Answer 4

Three

Question 5

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 5

The Tennis Court Oath was a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution

Question 6

When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?

Answer 6

20th June 1789

Question 7

What were 2 of the causes of the French Revolution?

Answer 7

High taxation of the poor, Lavish lifestyle of upper class

Question 8

What was the name of the radical Jacobin who presided over the Reign of Terror?

Answer 8

Robespierre

Question 9

Which revolutionary was murdered whilst in the bath?

Answer 9

Marat

Question 10

What is the origin of right and left wing?

Answer 10

National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president’s right and supporters of the revolution to his left.

Question 11

Where did the King of France reside?

Answer 11

Versailles

Question 12

.Which Whig politician spoke out against the French Revolution?

Answer 12

Edmund Burke

Question 13

Who wrote the book called the Rights of Man?

Answer 13

Thomas Paine

Question 14

How many copies did the Rights of Man sell?

Answer 14

200,000

Question 15

When was the Rights of Man published?

Answer 15

1792

Question 16

What happened at Copenhagen Fields in 1795?

Answer 16

100,000 people demonstrating for political rights

Question 17

Why was the London Corresponding Society formed?

Answer 17

To pressurise the government for more political reforms

Question 18

What did the Sheffield Society create in 1792?

Answer 18

a petition to parliament for political reform

Question 19

Name 2 Whig MPs who supported the French Revolution.

Answer 19

Charles James Fox, Earl Grey

Question 20

Why did many people turn away from the French Revolution from 1793 onwards?

Answer 20

More violent phase of revolution

Question 21

Name a law that the government passed in 1795 to stop reformist groups from happening in Britain.

Answer 21

Seditious Meetings Act, Treasonable Practices Act

Question 22

Name 2 other ways that the government responded to the threat of the French Revolution.

Answer 22

Banned Rights of Man, spy network set up, tax on newspapers.