48 Questions
What happened on the night of June 20, 1791?
Louis and his immediate family attempted to flee to Metz in eastern France
What was the Declaration of Pillnitz?
A promise by Emperor Leopold II and King Frederick William II to intervene in France and protect the royal family
What did the leaders of the National Constituent Assembly do to save the constitutional monarchy?
Announced the king had been abducted from the capital
What halted the king's flight at Varennes?
The king was recognized
Who wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France?
Edmund Burke
What did Edmund Burke criticize about the French administration reconstruction?
It ignored historical realities
Who composed The Rights of Man in response to Burke's ideas?
Thomas Paine
What did Thomas Paine declare in The Rights of Man?
Everything may be looked for in the age of revolutions
What did Washington insist on during his presidency regarding foreign relations?
The new republic must resist foreign entanglements
What did other European monarchies recognize by April 1792 regarding revolutionary France?
The danger of revolutionary France's ideas and aggression
What did the increasing radicalism of the French Revolution lead to in other European governments?
Repressive domestic policies
What was the impact of Burke's work on the continent?
It had immediate widespread publication and became a handbook of European conservatives
Who pressed for a republic and drew inspiration from radical Enlightenment thought?
The Jacobins
Which group assumed leadership of the Legislative Assembly and opposed counterrevolutionary forces?
The Girondists
What event effectively ended the constitutional monarchy in France?
The invasion of the Tuileries palace
Which event saw the Paris Commune execute about 1,200 people in city jails?
The September Massacres
What did the resistance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the king's flight, and the Declaration of Pillnitz pose for the new Legislative Assembly?
Challenges
Who assumed dominance and acted as the protector of the gains of the revolution against internal and external enemies?
The Paris Commune
What event led to demands for the right to bear arms and the participation of women in the National Guard?
The war with Austria
Who completed the reconstruction of the government and administration of France in September 1791?
The National Constituent Assembly
Which group opposed counterrevolutionary forces, leading to the declaration of war on Austria in 1792?
The Girondists
What group pressed for a republic and drew inspiration from radical Enlightenment thought?
The Jacobins
Who gained dominance and acted as the protector of the gains of the revolution against internal and external enemies?
The Paris Commune
What event led to extensive violence and the imprisonment of the royal family, effectively ending the constitutional monarchy?
The invasion of the Tuileries palace
Who were the sans-culottes?
Shopkeepers, artisans, wage earners, and some factory workers seeking relief from food shortages and rising prices
What did the Paris Commune compel the Legislative Assembly to call for?
The election of a new assembly to write a democratic constitution
Who declared France a republic on September 21, 1792?
The Convention
What was the chief political vehicle for the sans-culottes?
The Paris Commune
Who sought a community of small property owners and were strongly republican?
The Parisian tradespeople and artisans
Who dominated the Convention and the revolution?
The Mountain
Who began to cooperate with the Parisian sans-culottes and the Paris Commune to overthrow the monarchy?
More extreme Jacobins
Who faced a royalist revolt in the Vendée?
The revolution
Who was put on trial, convicted, and executed in January 1793?
Louis XVI
Who were republicans seeking representative government?
The Jacobins
Who led the country into the war but were unable to win it or suppress the enemies of the revolution at home?
The Girondists
What did the sans-culottes intensely resent?
Social inequality and the aristocracy
Who dominated the Convention and the revolution?
The Mountain
What led to new hostility toward the revolutionary government across Europe?
August massacre of the Swiss guards
Who sought relief from food shortages and rising prices through price controls?
The sans-culottes
Who were intensely hostile to the aristocracy and resented social inequality?
The sans-culottes
Who were republicans seeking representative government but were not wholly compatible with the goals of the sans-culottes?
The Jacobins
Who organized the Paris Commune, the chief political vehicle for the sans-culottes?
The sans-culottes
Who were unable to win the war or suppress the enemies of the revolution at home?
The Girondists
Who sought a community of small property owners and were strongly republican?
The Parisian tradespeople and artisans
Who began to cooperate with the Parisian sans-culottes and the Paris Commune to overthrow the monarchy?
More extreme Jacobins
Who compelled the Legislative Assembly to call for the election of a new assembly to write a democratic constitution?
The Paris Commune
Who were comprising shopkeepers, artisans, wage earners, and some factory workers?
The sans-culottes
Who was put on trial, convicted, and executed in January 1793?
Louis XVI
Study Notes
The French Revolution: The Rise of the Sans-Culottes and Jacobins
- August massacre of the Swiss guards and imprisonment of the royal family led to new hostility toward the revolutionary government across Europe
- The Paris Commune compelled the Legislative Assembly to call for the election of a new assembly to write a democratic constitution
- The Convention, meeting on September 21, 1792, declared France a republic
- The sans-culottes, comprising shopkeepers, artisans, wage earners, and some factory workers, sought relief from food shortages and rising prices through price controls
- The sans-culottes were intensely hostile to the aristocracy and resented social inequality
- The Parisian tradespeople and artisans sought a community of small property owners and were strongly republican
- The Paris Commune organized in the previous summer was the chief political vehicle for the sans-culottes
- The Jacobins, republicans seeking representative government, were not wholly compatible with the goals of the sans-culottes
- More extreme Jacobins began to cooperate with the Parisian sans-culottes and the Paris Commune to overthrow the monarchy
- The Mountain, a faction of the Jacobins, dominated the Convention and the revolution
- Louis XVI was put on trial, convicted, and executed in January 1793
- The revolution found itself at war with most of Europe and faced a royalist revolt in the Vendée, while the Girondists had led the country into the war but were unable to win it or suppress the enemies of the revolution at home
"The French Revolution: 1791-1792" and "The French Revolution: The Rise of the Sans-Culottes and Jacobins" are quizzes that cover key events and developments during the early stages of the French Revolution. Test your knowledge of the National Constituent Assembly, resistance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the rise of the Jacobins and the sans-culottes, the Paris Commune, the declaration of the republic, the trial and execution of Louis XVI, and the
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