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French Revolution Review

French Revolution Review. THE NEXT SECTION WILL EITHER REQUIRE A ONE SENTENCE DEFINITION OF THE WORD OR EVENT LISTED… OR A RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ..TIME LIMIT: ONE MINUTE FOR EACH…. ESTATES-GENERAL. ANSWER: THIS MEETING OF THE THREE ESTATES WAS CALLED BY KING LOUIS XVI IN 1789.

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French Revolution Review

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  1. French Revolution Review

  2. THE NEXT SECTION WILL EITHER REQUIRE A ONE SENTENCE DEFINITION OF THE WORD OR EVENT LISTED…OR A RESPONSE TO A QUESTION..TIME LIMIT: ONE MINUTE FOR EACH…

  3. ESTATES-GENERAL

  4. ANSWER:THIS MEETING OF THE THREE ESTATES WAS CALLED BY KING LOUIS XVI IN 1789.

  5. WHY WAS THE ESTATES-GENERAL CALLED?

  6. ANSWER:WANTED TO PROPOSE TAXING THE SECOND ESTATE.

  7. SECOND ESTATE

  8. ANSWER:THE SECOND ESTATE WAS MADE UP OF RICH NOBLES, MADE UP ONLY 2% OF POPULATION, OWNED 20% OF THE LAND, DID NOT HAVE TO PAY TAXES, ACCESS TO HIGHEST GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

  9. MARIE ANTOINETTE

  10. ANSWER:MARRIED TO LOUIS XVI TO ESTABLISH AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND HER HOME – AUSTRIA. ALSO CALLED “MADAME DEFICIT” BECAUSE OF HER EXCESSIVE SPENDING. ALL AROUND UNPOPULAR WITH THE FRENCH.ASSOCIATED WITH DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR.

  11. HUNDRED DAYS

  12. ANSWER:NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S FINAL AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO POWER; ENDED WITH HIS DEFEAT AT WATERLOO.HIS MILITARY CAMPAIGN BETWEEN BEING EXILED TO ELBA AND EXILED TO ST. HELENE.

  13. NATIONAL CONVENTION

  14. ANSWER:GOVERNMENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1792. ABOLISHED MONARCHY AND DECLARED FRANCE A REPUBLIC. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRYING LOUIS XVI FOR TREASON AND SENTENCING HIM TO DEATH. THIRD GOVERNMENT TO FORM, AFTER NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

  15. OLD REGIME

  16. ANSWER:CONSISTED OF THE THREE ESTATES; PRIOR TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

  17. TENNIS COURT OATH

  18. ANSWER:THIRD ESTATE CREATED THIS IN RESPONSE TO BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE ESTATES-GENERAL.BASICALLY ENSURED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THE MEETING UNTIL THEY HAD CREATED A NEW GOVERNMENT.

  19. SLOGAN FOR FRENCH REVOLUTION

  20. ANSWER:LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

  21. JACOBINS

  22. ANSWER:MEMBERS OF A RADICAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS JEAN-PAUL MARAT AND GEORGES DANTON.

  23. THIRD ESTATE

  24. ANSWER:MADE UP 97% OF THE POPULATION; INCLUDED THE - BOURGEOISIE - WORKERS/LABORERS - PEASANTSHIGH TAXES, NO PRIVILEGES OR POWER, EAGER FOR CHANGE, OWNED ONLY 40% OF THE LAND.

  25. WHICH OF THOSE THREE SUBGROUPS OF THE THIRD ESTATE MOST STRONGLY BELIEVED IN THE IDEALS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT?ALSO, WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE MADE UP THAT GROUP?

  26. ANSWER:BOURGEOISIE – MADE UP OF THE MIDDLE CLASS; BANKERS, FACTORY OWNERS, MERCHANTS, PROFESSIONALS, ARTISANS.WELL EDUCATED, SOME WERE EVEN QUITE WEALTHY.

  27. CONTINENTAL SYSTEM

  28. ANSWER:NAPOLEON DEVISED THIS SYSTEM TO BLOCK COMMUNICATION AND TRADE WITH THE BRITISH. WANTED TO MAKE THE CONTINENTAL COUNTRIES MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. THIS WAS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST MISTAKES AND EVENTUALLY LED TO HIS FINAL FAILURE.

  29. REIGN OF TERROR

  30. ANSWER:JACOBIN LEADER, ROBESPIERRE, GAINED POWER AND RULED AS DICTATOR. TERROR SPREAD TO PROTECT THE REVOLUTION FROM ITS ENEMIES. AS MANY AS 40,000 WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED, 85% OF WHICH WERE FROM POOR OR MIDDLE CLASS.

  31. FIRST ESTATE

  32. ANSWER:MADE UP OF CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CLERGY, ONLY 1% OF POPULATION. OWNED 10% OF LAND, NO TAXES. DID NOT LIKE ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS.

  33. WHO WAS PAUL MARAT AND WHAT DID HE DO?

  34. ANSWER:A RADICAL WHO WROTE A NEWSPAPER CALLED “FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE” WHICH DEMANDED THAT ALL ENEMIES OF THE REVOLUTION BE KILLED. PERSUADED MANY PEOPLE.

  35. WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 14TH?

  36. ANSWER:STORMING OF THE BASTILLE IN A SEARCH FOR GUNPOWDER.NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOR THAT REASON.

  37. WHY DID ROBESPIERRE BELIEVE THAT LOUIS XVI MUST BE KILLED?

  38. ANSWER:“KING MUST DIE FOR REVOLUTION TO LIVE”CAN’T HAVE A REVOLUTION AND OBTAIN THOSE IDEALS IF THE KING IS STILL THERE; HE IS A CONSTANT SYMBOL.

  39. WHY WAS VERSAILLES BUILT?

  40. ANSWER:KING WANTED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM PARIS AND HIS PEOPLE THERE.

  41. WHY WAS THE GUILLOTINE INVENTED?

  42. ANSWER:MORE “HUMANE” KILLING MACHINE; MADE ALL EQUAL IN DEATH. USED TO KILL ENEMIES OF THE REVOLUTION/REPUBLIC.

  43. PUT THESE GOVERNMENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:- NATIONAL ASSEMBLY- NATIONAL CONVENTION-LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

  44. ANSWER:NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, NATIONAL CONVENTION

  45. GREAT FEAR

  46. ANSWER:AFTER HEARING RUMORS, PEASANTS WENT ABOUT BURNING MANOR HOUSES AND ANY PAPERS/EVIDENCE OF FEUDAL DUES STILL OWED.

  47. CONGRESS OF VIENNA

  48. ANSWER:AFTER NAPOLEON, THIS MEETING OF EUROPEAN POWERS WAS HELD TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO (HOW TO ORGANIZE) EUROPE.

  49. WHAT WERE NAPOLEON’S THREE BIG MISTAKES?

  50. ANSWER:1. SETTING UP THE “CONTINENTAL SYSTEM”2. INVADING SPAIN/IBERIAN PENINSULA3. INVADING RUSSIA

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