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The French Revolution and Napoleon
Slide 1 - Diapositive
Louis XVI summoned the States General, the meeting of the three estates, on 5 May 1789. That had not happened since 1614. Members of the third estate arrived wearing clothing that was fashionable in 1614. Why did they do that?
A
The third estate was protesting against the fact that the French kings had ruled alone since 1614.
B
The third estate thought the fashions of 1789 were much too expensive in the bad economic times.
C
The third estate wanted to indicate that the economic situation was just as bad in 1789 as it was in 1614.
D
Members of the third estate barely had any money to buy new clothes due to the high taxes.
Slide 2 - Quiz
An argument started in the States General between the third estate and the other two estates. What was the argument in the States General about?
A
The level of taxation.
B
The procedure for voting.
C
The privileges of the first and second estates.
D
Drawing up fundamental rights.
Slide 3 - Quiz
The representatives of the third estate established the National Assembly in 1789. What did they want to achieve through the National Assembly?
A
They wanted to depose the king.
B
They wanted to change the way the country was governed.
C
They wanted to start a revolution.
D
They wanted a people’s parliament without the first estate.
Slide 4 - Quiz
On 26 August 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was accepted.
What was in that declaration?
A
All French citizens got equal rights and obligations.
B
French citizens got the possessions of the nobles and clergy.
C
The first and second estates did not have to pay taxes, whereas members of the third estate did.
D
King Louis XVI was removed from the throne and he became an ordinary citizen.
Slide 5 - Quiz
Why was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen an important document for many French people?
A
The citizens of France were now all equal.
B
The third estate no longer had to pay taxes.
C
This meant the king lost some of his power.
D
This was the new constitution of France.
Slide 6 - Quiz
Louis XVI was beheaded on 21 January 1793. What reason did the National Assembly have for sentencing Louis to death?
A
The National Assembly wanted to make France a republic.
B
The administration wanted to prevent Louis ever being able to get his crown back.
C
Louis had committed numerous crimes during his reign.
D
Louis did not want to give up his absolute power.
Slide 7 - Quiz
In around 1800, many French people had a lot of admiration for Napoleon. Why?
A
He achieved one military victory after another.
B
He was very modest and not at all interested in glory and luxury.
C
He gave citizens a say in government at long last.
D
He gave the clergy and the nobility their privileges back.
Slide 8 - Quiz
Some of Napoleon’s measures fit in with the ideas of the Enlightenment. Which of Napoleon’s measures are examples of that?
A
The conquest of various areas of Europe.
B
The establishment of a dictatorship
C
A new legal code that applied to all citizens.
D
Banning trade with Great Britain.
Slide 9 - Quiz
There are similarities and differences if you compare Napoleon’s government to the government during the French Revolution. What changed under Napoleon?
A
The nobility and clergy had no privileges.
B
Citizens had fundamental rights
C
Citizens had a say in government.
D
The same laws applied to everyone.
Slide 10 - Quiz
Napoleon imposed censorship. His secret police checked that citizens were not too critical about his government. Why is that surprising?
A
Napoleon did not bother with domestic affairs.
B
Napoleon mainly targeted the nobility and the clergy.
C
Napoleon introduced freedom of expression (freedom of speech).
D
Napoleon was very popular in France.
Slide 11 - Quiz
Russia, Great Britain, Austria and Prussia wanted to put an end to Napoleon’s rule and the ideas of the French Revolution. Why did these countries want to do that?
A
The people in these four countries disagreed with those ideas.
B
The rulers saw those ideas as a threat to their own power.
C
There already was freedom and equality in these countries.
D
Everyone was happy with the government in these countries.
Slide 12 - Quiz
In which battle was Napoleon finally defeated?
A
in the Battle of Leipzig
B
in the Battle of Austerlitz
C
in the Battle of Elba
D
in the Battle of Waterloo
Slide 13 - Quiz
Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba by his opponents but he escaped from there in 1815. Within a short period of time, many French people supported him again. Why did he get so much support?
A
The people were oppressed by Russia.
B
The French were afraid of Napoleon.
C
The French population was not used to political changes.
D
France had been successful for a time under Napoleon.
Slide 14 - Quiz
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