4.3.2 the French Revolution -Q-

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AGE 7. The Time of Wigs and Revolutions

4.3.2 The French Revolution

QUESTIONS

The bourgeoisie, a group that included doctors and lawyers was part of:

1. 1st estate
2. 2nd estate
3. 3rd estate
4. 2nd and 3rd estate

Which statement is true?

Statement I: The bourgeoisie had the same power as the clergy and nobility.
Statement II: Members of the bourgeoisie did not have to pay taxes.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

What was the main reason for king Louis XVI to call the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789?

Which third estate group was mainly represented in the Estates General?

1. city workers
2. peasants
3. aristocrats
4. bourgeoisie

The third Estate hoped to make some changes in the Estates General. Which of these is NOT something the Third Estate wanted to achieve?

1. a more honest voting system
2. to abolish privileges of the first & second estate
3. more equality in society
4. equal taxes for cityworkers, peasants and bourgeoisie

Which estate is mainly represented on the painting?

How can you see that the clergy is joining the third estate?

Why did the Third Estate call themselves "National Assembly"?

Why did the Great Fear take place? (2 reasons)

What kind of people do you see in this picture?

What does the fact that they’re smashing something
to pieces symbolise?

Which statement is true?

Statement I: The violence of the French Revolution was limited to the streets of Paris.
Statement II: The French Revolution put an end to the Ancien Régime.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

The Enlightenment played an important role during the American Revolution. How did it also influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

The French Revolution is seen as a very important event in world history. What would you consider to be the most important legacy from the French Revolution?

When did the situation in October 1789 escalate seriously?

1. When angry and hungry protesters destroyed Paris again and the French king sent troops to the city.
2. When King Louis XVI decided to restore the old political situation in France.
3. When the king of France made clear he didn’t want to go to Paris to accept the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
4. When angry protesters decided to go to the Palace of Versailles for a dramatic confrontation with King Louis XVI and his court.

After the March on Versailles:

1. the king was in fact a prisoner
2. France became a Republic
3. the king was sentenced to death.
4. the estates system was abolished

Robespierre thought that everyone who did not agree with the ideals of the revolution should be executed. Explain why his view is contradictory to the ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

Which statement is false?

1. The Reign of Terror was replaced by the Directoire.
2. Robespierre was a member of the Directoire.
3. Robespierre was executed on the guillotine.
4. The Directoire was followed by the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte.

What was the main reason for the French to use the guillotine as an execution method?

1. The guillotine was the most painful method to execute ‘traitors’.
2. The guillotine was used so all the French people could see the execution very clear.
3. The guillotine used decapitation as a quick and painless method of execution.
4. The guillotine sent a message to the people what would happen if they didn’t listen.

Put the events in the correct chronological order

Reign of Terror

Directoire 

Napoleon seizes 

power

National Assembly

absolute monarchy

Louis XVI

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