The French Revolution

Question 1

Who were the First Estate?

Answer 1

The clergy

Question 2

How much of the land did the French clergy own?

Answer 2

About 10%

Question 3

How much taxes do the clergy have to pay?

Answer 3

Little or none

Question 4

Who were the Second Estate?

Answer 4

The Rich Nobles

Question 5

How much of the land do the rich nobles own in France?

Answer 5

About 20%

Question 6

Who were the Third Estate?

Answer 6

Anyone who wasn’t rich noble or a clergyman (peasants, merchants, Bourgeoisie (middle class), city workers, etc.)

Question 7

How much of the French population was in the Third Estate?

Answer 7

97%

Question 8

How much of the taxes did the Third Estate pay?

Answer 8

100%

Question 9

What were some of the major troubles before and during the French Revolution?

Answer 9

Defecit spending and heavy taxes (economic), crop failures and lack of bread (agricultural), and lack of reform (political).

Question 10

What kind of leader was King Louis XVI?

Answer 10

Weak

Question 11

Who were the king and queen during the French Revolution?

Answer 11

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette

Question 12

Which country was Marie Antionette from?

Answer 12

Austria

Question 13

What solution did the king and queen propose for their economic troubles?

Answer 13

More taxes!

Question 14

What did the Second Estate do in response to the extra taxes?

Answer 14

They called for a meeting of the Estates General to approve the tax.

Question 15

Which estate created the National Assembly?

Answer 15

The Third Estate

Question 16

What was the cause of the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 16

The Third Estate was locked out of their meeting place

Question 17

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 17

The Third Estate vowed not to leave the king’s tennis court until they had drawn up a constitution.

Question 18

What was the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 18

Troops went to Versailles and searched for gunpowder in the Bastille. They killed the prison commander and several guards.

Question 19

When is Bastille Day?

Answer 19

July 14th, 1789

Question 20

What year did a famine rampage through France?

Answer 20

1789

Question 21

What were two major themes of The Great Fear?

Answer 21

Rumors and peasants attacking the homes of nobles.

Question 22

Who was Marquis Lafayette?

Answer 22

He headed the National Guard and popularized a red, white, blue badge inspired by the American flag

Question 23

What was the Paris Commune?

Answer 23

A violent protest group

Question 24

What was the first phase of the French Revolution? How long did it last?

Answer 24

Moderate Phase (1789-1791)

Question 25

What was the second phase of the French Revolution? How long did it last?

Answer 25

Radical Phase (1792-1794)

Question 26

What was the third phase of the French Revolution? How long did it last?

Answer 26

Directory Phase (1795-1799)

Question 27

What was the fourth phase of the French Revolution? How long did it last?

Answer 27

The Age of Napoleon (1799-1815)

Question 28

What did the National Assembly do?

Answer 28

It dissolved privelages

Question 29

What was the name of the constitution the National Assembly made during the Moderate Phase?

Answer 29

'The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen'

Question 30

What did the National Assembly do pertaining to the church in he Moderate Phase?

Answer 30

Created a state-controlled church

Question 31

What happened October 5th, 1789?

Answer 31

Thousands of angry women marched to the palace shouting "BREAD!"

Question 32

What were three reasons the French people disliked Marie Antoinette?

Answer 32

She was frivolous with money, she was Austrian, and the "Let them eat cake!" rumor/scandal

Question 33

When was the second constitution of the Moderate phrase written? What was it's main focus?

Answer 33

1791; Limiting monarchy with the Legislative Assembly

Question 34

Which other countries was France at war with during the French Revolution? How long were they at war?

Answer 34

Austria, Prussia, and Britain (1792-815)

Question 35

What did the radicals of the Radical Phase want?

Answer 35

A republic

Question 36

What did the National Assembly do in 1792?

Answer 36

They abolished the monarchy

Question 37

How many people were killed during the hasty trials of the Radical Phase of the French Revolution?

Answer 37

40,000, including the king and the queen, and Maximilien Robespierre

Question 38

What was the guillotine and who invented it?

Answer 38

A fast falling blade that was more humane than the axe; Joseph Guillotine

Question 39

Who was the man who lead a majority of the hasty trials of the Radical Phase?

Answer 39

Maximillien Robespierre

Question 40

When was the third constitution created?

Answer 40

1795

Question 41

What type of government did the Directory Phase have?

Answer 41

A 5-Man directory with a two house legislature.

Question 42

Who did the directory turn to to command France's armies?

Answer 42

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 43

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

Answer 43

Corsica

Question 44

What did Napoleon do in 1799?

Answer 44

He helped overthrow the directory and set up a three-man Consulate.

Question 45

When did Napoleon become the "First Consul" as well as consul for life?

Answer 45

1802

Question 46

When did Napoleon crown himself empperor?

Answer 46

1804

Question 47

What is a plebiscite?

Answer 47

Ballot in which voters say yes or no to an issue.

Question 48

What was the Concordat of 1801?

Answer 48

Kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics.

Question 49

What was the Napoleonic Code?

Answer 49

New law code

Question 50

What were the main focuses of the Napoleonic Code?

Answer 50

Equality, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit.