U6 L6 French Revolution: Old Regime

Question 1

When did the French Revolution begin?

Answer 1

Louis XVI calling Estates-General for money

Question 2

When did the French Revolution end?

Answer 2

Napoleon Bonaparte becoming first consul of France

Question 3

Between which years did the French Revolution last? How long was it?

Answer 3

1789 and 1799, 10 years

Question 4

Which revolutions was France inspired by?

Answer 4

England and America

Question 5

Did the Revolution make France a democracy?

Answer 5

no, made it limited monarchy

Question 6

What is absolutism?

Answer 6

govt were ruler has unrestricted power

Question 7

What is aristocracy?

Answer 7

upper/privileged class

Question 8

During the reigns of who did the people of France become more dissatisfied?

Answer 8

Louis XV and XVI

Question 9

What was Louis XV’s attitude towards the French people?

Answer 9

lazy and indifferent

Question 10

What were the 3 classes/estates the French were divided into?

Answer 10

• clergy
• nobles
• everyone else (middle class and peasants)

Question 11

What is an estate?

Answer 11

social class of France

Question 12

Which estate did most of the work and paid most of the taxes?

Answer 12

middle class and peasants (3rd/last estate)

Question 13

What is lettres de cachet?

Answer 13

sealed letters with French royal orders for imprisoning a person

Question 14

What was the difference between France and how America and England gave rights?

Answer 14

• Am constitution defended rights, Fr not exist
• no free speech and preference of worship in Fr
• Eng King George III appointed judges
• lettres de cachet without trial

Question 15

Out of the English and American Revolution, which one was France most influenced by?

Answer 15

American Revolution

Question 16

Who were famous French writers who attacked traditions and beliefs of France’s Old Regime?

Answer 16

• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Question 17

What did Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu specifically target in their works against the Old Regime?

Answer 17

• French monarch’s absolute rule
• unfair taxes
• nobility having special privileges
• Roman Catholic Church bc of land, wealth, education

Question 18

What were the main reasons that led to the French Revolution?

Answer 18

• debt

- influenced by Am and Eng revolution

Question 19

Which estate did French laws mostly/only tax?

Answer 19

middle and lower class, peasants

Question 20

What Louis XV would not do, his grandson and successor ()

Answer 20

Louis XVI could not do

Question 21

At what age did Louis XVI become king?

Answer 21

19

Question 22

Who was Louis XVI’s wife?

Answer 22

Marie Antoinette

Question 23

How many siblings did Marie Antoinette have?

Answer 23

16

Question 24

What family was Marie Antoinette a member of?

Answer 24

Habsburg family of Austria

Question 25

What is the famous quote of Antoinette after receiving word about the poor's starvation?

Answer 25

Let them eat cake!

Question 26

What were the 3 recommendations the financial experts of Louis XVI to help the economy?

Answer 26

- give freedom and encouragement to French Industry - cut down spending by king's court - require nobles and clergy to pay taxes

Question 27

Were the recommendations from the financial experts accepted by the king's court?

Answer 27

Do you really think they would? do you really think-

Question 28

What was the Estates-General?

Answer 28

French legislative body

Question 29

In the meeting called by Louis XVI, what did the Estates General discuss?

Answer 29

- financial problems - business depression - growing unemployment

Question 30

How many votes was the third estate given?

Answer 30

one

Question 31

What did the third estate declare itself?

Answer 31

National Assembly

Question 32

When the king barred the third estate from meeting, where did they move to?

Answer 32

tennis court

Question 33

What was the Oath of the Tennis Court?

Answer 33

third estate vowed to write constitution that would be accepted by France

Question 34

Which day is celebrated in France as their Independence day?

Answer 34

Bastille day

Question 35

What led to the Storming of Bastille?

Answer 35

Louis XVI bringing soldiers into Paris and Versailles where the representatives were meeting

Question 36

What is Bastille?

Answer 36

hated royal political prison

Question 37

What was the National Guard? Who commanded them?

Answer 37

- people's army (revolutionists) | - Marquis de Lafayette, successful in Am Rev

Question 38

In an attempt to restore order, the National Assembly abolished what?

Answer 38

- feudal system - peasant services - Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 39

What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man state?

Answer 39

- free speech, press, religion - men not only born equal and are before law - entitled to self-govt, personal liberty and fair trials

Question 40

Was the Declaration of the Rights of Man pushed aside?

Answer 40

no

Question 41

On October 5, 1789, the march on Versailles from Paris caused the king, royal family and National Assembly to move to where?

Answer 41

Paris

Question 42

When was the National Assembly ready to fulfill the Oath of the Tennis Court?

Answer 42

1791

Question 43

What was did the National Assembly's Constitution of 1791 contain?

Answer 43

- provision for limited monarchy with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches - king power limited, no power to make laws - legislature had one house, elected by taxpaying voters - MOST POWER HELD BY MIDDLE CLASS

Question 44

Who are emigres?

Answer 44

(noble) person who fled to escape French Revolution

Question 45

Who had supported Louis XVI and supported him to flee the country?

Answer 45

emigres

Question 46

Did the 1791 Constitution last long?

Answer 46

no

Question 47

Were Louis XVI, his wife, and children, caught while escaping France?

Answer 47

yes

Question 48

What did Louis XVI sign a declaration of against ?

Answer 48

Austria and Prussia

Question 49

When the constitutional monarchy declined, where were Louis XVI put?

Answer 49

prison

Question 50

When the constitutional monarchy declined, what happened to the National assembly?

Answer 50

disbanded

Question 51

When the constitutional monarchy declined, what was newly elected?

Answer 51

National Convention

Question 52

What was the National Convention elected to do?

Answer 52

lead France and write another constitution

Question 53

When the constitutional monarchy declined, who led a group to control the Paris city govt and France govt?

Answer 53

- Georges Jacques Danton - Maximilien Robespierre - Jean Paul Marat