FR part 3 The European Response to the French Revolution Quiz
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What was the main reason for the establishment of the Jacobin clubs?

  • To organize resistance against the National Constituent Assembly
  • To promote the interests of the clergy
  • To support the king's authority
  • To advocate for a republic instead of a constitutional monarchy (correct)

    • What action did the National Constituent Assembly take regarding its own members in relation to the Legislative Assembly?

  • Forbade its members from sitting in the Legislative Assembly (correct)
  • Imposed term limits for its members in the Legislative Assembly
  • Required its members to seek re-election for the Legislative Assembly
  • Allowed its members to hold dual positions in both assemblies

    • Where did the Jacobins primarily gather in Paris?

  • In a former Dominican priory dedicated to St. Jacques (correct)
  • At the Notre Dame Cathedral
  • In a royal palace
  • At the Louvre Museum

    • What were the Jacobins influenced by in their political ideology?

    <p>Radical Enlightenment thought, particularly Rousseau's emphasis on equality and popular sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the major issue in the war discussed in the text?

    <p>Defense of the republican political and social order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the extraordinary actions taken by the government to protect the revolution known as?

    <p>The Reign of Terror</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What committees were established to carry out the executive duties of the government?

    <p>Committee of Public Safety and Committee of General Security</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Committee of Public Safety seek to save the revolution from?

    <p>Mortal enemies at home and abroad</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What action further radicalized the Convention and gave the Mountain complete control?

    <p>Expulsion of the Girondist members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lazare Carnot initiate on August 23, 1793, to mobilize for victory?

    <p>A military requisition on the entire population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Convention establish on September 29, 1793, in accord with sans-culotte demands?

    <p>A ceiling on prices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What astounded Europeans the most during the revolution?

    <p>The formation of a citizen army</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What period is probably the most famous or infamous period of the revolution?

    <p>The Reign of Terror</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the immediate need considered more important than the security of property or life during the war?

    <p>Silencing dissent and protecting the revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the revolutionary government organize to mobilize for war?

    <p>A collective executive in the form of powerful committees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the revolutionary leaders see their task as during the war?

    <p>Saving the revolution from mortal enemies at home and abroad</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the dominant rhetoric following the events of 1789 to 1791?

    <p>Republican rhetoric</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who assumed leadership in the Legislative Assembly and opposed counterrevolutionary forces?

    <p>The Girondists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event led to a period of armed conflict across Western Europe?

    <p>Declaration of war on Austria and Prussia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What challenged traditional social roles during the French Revolution?

    <p>The possibility of women serving in the National Guard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event led to the extensive violence and the imprisonment of the royal family in August 1792?

    <p>Invasion of the Tuileries palace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Paris Commune do during the September Massacres?

    <p>Executed about 1,200 people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What confirmed the victory of democratic forces and led to the declaration of France as a republic?

    <p>Battle of Valmy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What group played a pivotal role in the second revolution of the French Revolution?

    <p>Sans-culottes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the name 'sans-culottes' refer to?

    <p>The long trousers they wore instead of aristocratic knee breeches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What exacerbated the lives of the sans-culottes during the French Revolution?

    <p>Persistent food shortages and revolutionary inflation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the rise of the sans-culottes reflect during the French Revolution in 1792?

    <p>Political turmoil and radicalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the sans-culottes intensely hostile to?

    <p>The aristocracy and the original leaders of the revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the chief political vehicle and instrument of action for the sans-culottes?

    <p>The Paris Commune and crowd action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who cooperated with the sans-culottes to overthrow the monarchy and carry the revolution forward?

    <p>The Mountain, a group of extreme Jacobins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the sans-culottes advocate for in terms of government decisions?

    <p>People to make government decisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who dominated the Convention and the revolution, leading to the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

    <p>The Mountain and its sans-culottes allies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edmund Burke forecast regarding the French Revolution?

    <p>Further turmoil and gaining admirers for his ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who defended the revolutionary principles and declared an age of revolutions, countering Burke's predictions?

    <p>Thomas Paine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the goals of the Jacobins not wholly compatible with, according to the text?

    <p>Those of the sans-culottes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who sought immediate relief from food shortages and rising prices through price controls due to economic hardship?

    <p>The sans-culottes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the chief political vehicle and instrument of action for the sans-culottes?

    <p>The Paris Commune and crowd action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who cooperated with the sans-culottes to overthrow the monarchy and carry the revolution forward?

    <p>The Mountain, a group of extreme Jacobins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the sans-culottes advocate for in terms of government decisions?

    <p>People to make government decisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country refused to offer support to France during the French Revolution?

    <p>Great Britain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event led to active hostility from the rest of Europe towards France?

    <p>The French invasion of the Austrian Netherlands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country reneged on its promise to defend the new Polish constitutional order?

    <p>Prussia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country was involved in the partitions of Poland due to fears of the principles of the French Revolution establishing themselves in Poland?

    <p>Russia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which monarch turned against reform and popular movements in Britain?

    <p>William Pitt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country was at war with Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia, and Holland in 1793?

    <p>France</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country issued a new constitution in 1791, strengthening the monarchy but also asserting power should be derived from the will of the people?

    <p>Poland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nation's radicalism of the French Revolution led to repressive domestic policies in Europe?

    <p>France</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country's invasion of the Austrian Netherlands in 1792 led to active hostility from the rest of Europe?

    <p>France</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two nations were involved in the partitions of Poland?

    <p>Russia and Prussia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the widening of the war in 1792-1793 within France?

    <p>Radical political actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What led to the final two partitions of Poland in 1793 and 1795?

    <p>Fears of the principles of the French Revolution establishing themselves in Poland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    European Response to the French Revolution

    • European monarchies and Burke recognized the danger of revolutionary France's ideas and aggression.
    • Washington refused to offer support to France despite their assistance during the revolutionary war, insisting on resisting foreign entanglements.
    • The radicalism of the French Revolution alienated sympathetic foreign statesmen, leading to repressive domestic policies in Europe.
    • In Britain, Prime Minister William Pitt turned against reform and popular movements, suppressing the London Corresponding Society and attempting to curb freedom of the press.
    • The final two partitions of Poland in 1793 and 1795 were a result of fears that the principles of the French Revolution were establishing themselves in Poland.
    • The Polish Patriots issued a new constitution in 1791, strengthening the monarchy but also asserting power should be derived from the will of the people.
    • Russia and Prussia were involved in the partitions of Poland, with Frederick William II reneging on his promise to defend the new Polish constitutional order.
    • The French invasion of the Austrian Netherlands in 1792 led to active hostility from the rest of Europe, with the Convention declaring war on several nations.
    • The French government was at war with Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia, and Holland in 1793.
    • The widening of the war in 1792-1793 brought radical political actions within France as the revolutionary government mobilized for the conflict.
    • The French Revolution's impact led to a new kind of war and a sense of conflict throughout France.
    • The French revolution's ideas and aggression led to the radicalization of European response, with repressive policies, partitions of Poland, and active hostility from other nations.

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