French Revolution
The calling of the Estates-General in France by King Louis XVI in 1789 was the direct result of
the failure of the Assembly of Notables to endorse the monarch's program of tax reform
The leaders of the rest of Europe saw the ideas in the preamble as a threat because
the ideas threatened to transform the social and political hierarchies of Europe
In 1815 the immediate political result of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars was
the reestablishment of conservative monarchies across much of Europe
The lists of grievances, or cahiers de doléances, brought by the members of the Estates-General to Versailles in 1789 called for
tax equity
The model of political sovereignty that inspired the French Revolution posed the most direct challenge to which of the following forms of government?
Absolute monarchy
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of each author's view of the causes of the French Revolution?
Barzun asserts that it originated from the idea of individual liberty created by the Reformation, while Thatcher argues that it came from radical Enlightenment intellectuals.
Which of the following is the most accurate comparison of each author's overall view of the French Revolution?
Barzun views the French Revolution positively, while Thatcher views it negatively.
Which of the following is the most accurate description of a similarity in the ideas of the two authors?
Both authors see the French Revolution as an attempt to change the traditional order.
Cook's voyages were primarily a result of which of the following eighteenth-century developments?
Competition among European powers to create commercial empires
Which of the following best describes the trend in the import of raw materials into England from Asia, Africa, and America from 1699 to 1774 as shown in the table?
Dyes continually contributed the most imports out of any raw material, while the entire category of raw materials saw an overall increase by 1774.
Which of the following best describes the overall trend in England's imports from Asia, Africa, and America as shown in the table?
England's volume of imports increased, and consumables contributed the greatest increase per year.
Based on the preamble, the authors of the French Constitution of 1791 were most heavily influenced by
Enlightenment thought
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the political development of France and the political development of Britain over the course of the 1700s?
France preserved its political system until it was violently overthrown, while Britain remained relatively stable.
The policy of extending the French Revolution beyond France's borders was most closely associated with the
Girondin party
The armies of revolutionary France enjoyed which of the following advantages over the armies of the major European monarchs?
Greater patriotism and morale
Which of the following best explains why commercial rivalries among European states increasingly affected diplomatic relations in the 1600s and 1700s?
Overseas trade accounted for an increasing share of state revenues and national wealth.
The poissardes and other participants in the events described in the song were motivated most strongly by which of the following?
Responses An economic crisis brought about by food shortages
The cartoon above illustrates which of the following?
Social inequalities under the Old Regime in France
Napoleon Bonaparte's repressive occupation sparked a violent popular revolt in
Spain
According to the table, which item saw the greatest proportional increase in value of imports from 1699 to 1774, and which item saw the greatest proportional decrease in value of imports from 1699 to 1774 ?
Tea saw the greatest proportional increase, and pepper saw the greatest proportional decrease.
The participation of women such as the poissardes led to which of the following during the early phases of the French Revolution?
Temporary improvements in women's legal status
In the first paragraph, Stromberg most clearly criticizes which of the following historical interpretations of the French Revolution?
The French Revolution was an example of class conflict.
Which of the following best characterizes eighteenth-century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789 ?
The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis.
A historian studying the French Revolution is most likely to use the map as evidence for which of the following?
The challenges to national unity faced by the revolutionary government
Which of the following features of the French Revolution would best support Weber's argument comparing Fascism to Jacobinism?
The economic price and wage controls imposed during the Reign of Terror
Based on the passage, which of the following Jacobin policies best explains Maréchal's favorable view of the Constitution of 1793?
The fixing of prices and wages
The events referred to in the song led most directly to which of the following?
The formalization of a constitutional monarchy in France
Based on the passage, which of the following developments of the French Revolution would Priestley have most likely opposed?
The institution of the Reign of Terror
Historians disagreeing with Stromberg and making the argument that the French Revolution was based on Enlightenment values would most likely cite which of the following as evidence in support of their position?
The issuing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Which of the following best describes the French Third Estate?
The non-noble, nonclerical section of the Estates-General
Grenville's warning regarding Santo Domingo (Source 2) was a response to which of the following?
The outbreak of a slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture
Pils' choice of subject matter and his treatment of it were probably most strongly influenced by which of the following contemporary developments?
The outbreak of revolution in France in the previous year
Which of the following best explains the importance of the East Indies in the European-dominated trade networks of the 1600s and 1700s?
The region was a source of spices and other luxury goods for the European market.
The first two parts of the preamble best support which of the following conclusions about the French Revolution's goals?
The revolutionaries wanted to transform the traditional political order.
Which of the following most directly facilitated the trend in sugar consumption in Britain represented in the chart?
The wars of the eighteenth century left Britain the dominant naval power in the Atlantic.
Which of the following best explains why, in the 1600s and 1700s, Britain and the Netherlands were able overcome Portuguese dominance of the trading networks of India and the East Indies?
They had greater domestic productivity and access to more abundant resources.
Which of the following best explains Maréchal's view of the Constitutions of 1791 and 1795 ?
They primarily reflected liberal bourgeois interests.
The cahiers (notebooks) written on the eve of the French Revolution served which of the following purposes?
To present grievances and proposals for reform
Young's account provides potential information about the origins of the French Revolution. A historian wishing to evaluate the usefulness of his account would likely be interested in all the following questions EXCEPT:
What was the typical amount of labor required to run a printing press?
The French government issued the decree primarily in response to
domestic unrest and foreign aggression against the radical Revolutionary government
The main purpose of the women's march to Versailles in October 1789 was to
ensure the king's support for the Declaration of Rights and cheap bread for Paris
The French Reign of Terror is most closely associated with the
establishment of the Committee of Public Safety
A distinguishing feature of the Old Regime in eighteenth-century France was the
inability of the monarchy to carry out reforms necessary for its survival
Both of the authors dealt with the issue of slavery in the context of the
long period of conflict between France and Britain
The contemporary drawing above of the storming of the Bastille was intended to portray
popular participation in the revolutionary process
The American Revolution played a major role in European history because it
precipitated the French fiscal crisis that led to the calling of the Estates-General
The meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 marked a significant step toward revolution in France because it
provided a legitimate forum for critics of the Old Regime
The print above, commemorating the women's march on Versailles in October 1789, shows that
women helped the progress of the Revolution
