The French Revolution

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During the French Revolution, who faced severe financial problems and considered raising taxes?

  • The peasants
  • King Louis XVI (correct)
  • The clergy
  • The nobility

What event symbolized royal power and was destroyed by a mob during the French Revolution?

  • The Palace of Versailles
  • The Estates-General
  • The French Catholic Church
  • The Bastille (correct)

What document defined the individual and collective rights of all three estates as equal and universal during the French Revolution?

  • The Constitution of France
  • The Magna Carta
  • The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen
  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (correct)

Which group declared themselves to be a National Assembly with the power to govern France during the French Revolution?

<p>The Third Estate (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What system of privileges held by the nobles and clergy was abolished during the French Revolution?

<p>Feudalism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the French Revolution initially hope to have as a form of government?

<p>A constitutional monarchy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event led to the imprisonment and dissolution of the monarchy during the French Revolution?

<p>The imprisonment of King Louis XVI (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen during the French Revolution?

<p>Olympe de Gouges (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the French Revolution transform France into by 1791?

<p>A constitutional monarchy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the French Revolution abolish, making all French citizens equal under the law?

<p>Feudalism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which revolution was inspired by Enlightenment philosophers and a dedication to the ideals of liberty and equality?

<p>The French Revolution (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the factors that pushed the French working class and peasantry to demand changes?

<p>Exorbitantly high taxes and national debt (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did radicals choose to do when their demands were not met during the French Revolution?

<p>Form an entirely new government (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which institutions were thoroughly transformed during the French Revolution?

<p>The monarchy and the Church (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which social class made up the majority of the French population in the 1700s?

<p>The peasants (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What privileges did the landowning nobles have that were resented by the commoners?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who bore the majority of the tax burden in France during the 1700s?

<p>The peasants (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which class of French society lived in crushing poverty in the 1700s?

<p>The peasants (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 1788 French engraving depict?

<p>King Louis XVI handing out alms to the needy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the specific legal requirements to be a noble or a member of the clergy in France?

<p>Membership in a noble family (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who organized a march on the palace of Versailles on October 5, 1789?

<p>French women of the Third Estate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which event marked the turn of the French Revolution towards violence?

<p>The declaration of war on Austria and Prussia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who gained control of the Convention and encouraged a thirst for blood among the people?

<p>Extremist politicians (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was beheaded and replaced by a republic during the Reign of Terror?

<p>King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What marked the end of the French Revolution?

<p>The rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Napoleon put forward in 1804 to safeguard the gains of the revolution?

<p>A law code (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Napoleon do in 1805 and 1806 to extend his control and influence over Europe?

<p>Defeated Austrian forces (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the French Revolution continue to inspire even after Napoleon's reign ended?

<p>Nationalist movements (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Napoleon claim to rule according to?

<p>The will of the people (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Napoleon do in 1799 to bring an end to representative government?

<p>Seized control of France in a coup d’état (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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