Chapter 22-Rev. in Politics
The Abbes Sieyes exerted a major influence on the French Revolution through his work entitled
What is the Third Estate?
All of the following were parts of Napoleons Grand Empire except
an independent Russian state
The Hundred Days was
an unsuccessful attempt by Napoleon to restore himself as a credible European leasder
The achievement of the Jacobin included all of the following
distribution of ALL land among the peasants
Which of the following was not a part of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
feudalism is officially abolished
Which of the following best characterizes Burke's Reflections of the Revolution in France
it condemned the violence and anarchy of the French Revolution
During the Great Fear of 1789 all of the following occurred except
law and order overtook the countryside
Total war in France was effective because they were able to implement all of the following except
liberal capitalism
All of the following were reasons for the French Revolution except
long term political crisis
Correct order of events
meeting of the estates general, tennis court oath, storming of the Bastille, the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen, reign of terror
A vocal element in the French Revolution, the sans-culottes were
members of the urban working class
the result of the Great fear of 1789 was that
old noble privileges ended
The "Great Fear" that swept through the French countryside in 1789 had its origins in the rumor that
royal soldiers were forming, attacking villages and burning crops
The poor of France revolted in 1789 for all of the following reasons except
strong leadership of Louis XVi
During the era of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian Reaction
terminated the Reign of Terror after the execution of Robespierre
The sans-culottes paired with the following group during the second revolution
the Mountain
This political cartoon conveys
the burden of the Third Estate
"men are born, and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights. Civil distinctions, therefor, can be founded only on public utility."
the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
The 2nd Estate of French society was made up of
the nobility
Divisions emerged with the Jacobins due to
the question of what sentence Louse XIV should receive once he was convicted of treason
All of the following statements about the slaves in Saint-Domingue are true except
the slaves vastly outnumbered their French masters
All of the following statements about bourgeois and the nobility are true except
they both enjoyed the same manorial rights and priviliges
This Estate made up 80% of the population of France, had little rights and were responsible for a majority of the taxes collected by the state
third Estate
As a result of the Napoleonic Code, women in France
were given little or no rights
Olympe de Gouges is best known for
writing the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizen
"What is the Third Estate? Everything. 2nd. What has it been heretofore in the political order? Nothing. 3rd.What does it demand?To become something therein."
Abbe Sieyes
By 1787 Louis XVI's minister of finance wanted to issue new taxes so the called this group together in the hopes of gaining support for new taxes
Assembly of Notbles
The first coalition consisted of which two countries
Austria and Great Britain
The following countries signed the Treaty of Chaumont in March 1814
Austria, Prussia, Russia and great Brtitain
On July 14th 1789 the poor and the oppressed marched upon and attacked the ___ in search of weapons and gunpowder
Bastille
This battle between Russia and France ends up being a draw, the Russian retreated and evacuated Moscow and the French, after five works, were forced to retreat from Russia
Battle of Borodino
Each Estate was to prepare a list of grievances for their representatives to bring to the Estates General, these were called
Cahiers
During the Reign of Terror France was essentially ruled by this group.
Committee of Public Safety
This was the agreement by Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that allowed for free practice of Catholicism in France but with the acknowledgement that the government of France would appoint the bishops
Concordat of 1801
Which is the correct order of events in the career of Napoleon?
Concordat, Civil Code, Invasion of Spain
The era of the Napoleonic Wars was concluded by the
Congress of Vienna
Napoleon's Continental System was
Economic warfare against Great Britain
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Man and vindication of the Rights of Woman in direct response to
Edmund Burke
Once Napoleon abdicated his throne he was forced to leave France and reside on this island
Elba
During the French Revolution a noble who led France was known as a
Emigre
Louis XVI called together this group for the first time since 1614 and of which included all three estates
Estate General
He was the key leader in the revolution of Saint-Domingue
L'Overture
Following his death the French people started to question the idea of an Absolute Monarch
Louis XIV
This French Monarch mad a lot of questionable ethical and moral decisions that led to the erosion of the prestige of the French monarchy
Louis XV
"What I would most like is to be loved"
Louis XVI
This Queen of France was falsely accused of saying "let them eat cake' but did build a peasant village within the grounds of Versailles
Marie Antoinette
Identify the forms of government during the French Revolution that included a limited monarchy
National Assembly and Legislative Assembly
This form of government ended with the execution of Robespierre
National Convention
Which of the following chronological sequence of the French Revolution is correct
National assembly, Convention, Directory
"liberty and justice consist of restoring all that belong to others; thus, the only limits on the exercise of the natural rights of woman are perpetual male tyranny; these limits are to be reformed by the laws of nature and reason."
Olympe de Gouges
Austria and Prussia issued the Declaration of ___ in the hopes of suppressing the French Revolution
Pillnitz
He was provincial lawyer who rose within the Jacobin Club and gained a reputation for incorruptibly and superb oratory. historians have argued over him, some singling him out as a bloodthirsty individual with the major responsibility for the executions during the Reign of Terror, others see him as a sincere, idealistic revolutionary
Robepierre
Napoleons efforts at European domination met resistance and even guerrilla warfare in this country
Spain
As the national assembly debated at Versailles in 1789, the peasants began an insurrection that was called
The Great Fear
A lot of the French debt before the French Revolution can be attributed to this costly war with Britain
The Seven Years War