French Revolution
The kings of Austria and ______ threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power in France.
Prussia
The Committee of Public Safety adopted various policies to defend France from domestic threats. These policies came to be known as the ______ ______ ______.
Reign of Terror
What inspired the Declarations of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
The English Bill of Rights of 1689, the U.S. Constitution, and the Enlightenment.
Why did the Legislative Assembly of France declare war on Austria in 1792?
The king of Austria had threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power.
What happened after King Louis XVI conceded to the demands of the Parisian women in the 1700s?
The king, the queen, and their son became virtual prisoners in Paris.
What occurred after the Paris Commune attacked the royal palace and Legislative Assembly?
The members of the Paris Commune took the king captive and forced the Legislative Assembly to suspend the monarchy
Identify a feature of the Directory, a committee of five that was the chosen executive body.
The members were chosen by the Council of Elders.
Identify a feature of the Directory, a committee of five that was the chosen executive body. Multiple choice question.
The members were chosen by the Council of Elders.
What is a change introduced to French society by the Committee of Public Safety. Multiple choice question.
The titles "citizen" and "citizeness" replaced "mister" and "madame."
What occurred as part of the de-Christianization policy pursued by the National Convention in France?
The word saint was removed from street names.
How did the king of France and his ministers react to the economic crisis that led to the French Revolution?
They continued to spend enormous sums of money on wars and court luxuries.
Identify the action taken by the National Convention against Jacobin Maximilien Robespierre in 1794.
They gathered enough votes to condemn him.
Identify a true statement about the Parisian rebels who gathered in the courtyard of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.
They stormed the Bastille and demolished it.
How was the French calendar changed as a result of the de-Christianization policy?
Years were numbered from the first day of the French Republic.
On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly of France voted to ______.
abolish all legal privileges of the nobles and clergy
A function of the upper legislative house, the Council of Elders, that was set up by the Constitution of France in 1795 was to ______.
accept or reject proposed laws
Most members of the Society for Revolutionary Republican Women were working-class women who ______.
asserted that they were ready to defend the republic
In French society, the _______ was the middle class that included merchants, industrialists, and professional people.
bourgeoisie
How did the peasants in France react to the rumors about foreign troops that were on their way to end the revolution?
by breaking into the houses of the lords to destroy the records of their obligations
In the meeting of the Estates-General at Versailles, most of the Third Estate wanted to set up a constitutional government that would ______.
compel the clergy and nobility to pay taxes
As people were alarmed about high inflation, the Committee of Public Safety tried to ______.
control the prices of essential goods such as food, fuel, and clothing
As people were alarmed about high inflation, the Committee of Public Safety tried to ______. Multiple choice question.
control the prices of essential goods such as food, fuel, and clothing
_______ ______ refers to a sudden overthrow of the government.
coup d'état
The new French army, which was formed by September 1794, was ______.
created by a people's government
After the American Revolution, democracy flourished in the United States, whereas after the French Revolution, democracy gave way to _____ in France.
despotism
A function of the lower legislative house set up by the Constitution of France in 1795 was to ______.
draft laws. Reason: The lower house was called the Council of 500.
In the meeting of the Estates-General called by Louis XVI, the Third Estate demanded that ______. Multiple choice question.
each deputy should have one vote
A new Civil Constitution of the Clergy said that bishops and priests were to be ______.
elected by the people
An individual qualified to vote in an election is known as a(n)
elector
Before the revolution, French society was divided into three classes. These classes were known as ______.
estates
The bourgeoisie and the French nobles were upset with the ______ before the French Revolution.
monarchical system resting on privileges and on an old and rigid social order
On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly of France voted to abolish all legal privileges of the nobles and clergy in reaction to the ______.
news of peasant rebellions and a possible foreign invasion
During the radical stage of the revolution, French women ______.
observed sessions of the National Convention
Sans-culottes refers to the members of the Paris Commune who considered themselves ______.
ordinary patriots
Before the French Revolution, both the bourgeoisie and the nobles were drawn to the new ______.
political ideas of the Enlightenment
As part of the Reign of Terror, the Committee of Public Safety established _____.
revolutionary courts to prosecute counterrevolutionaries and traitors
The members of the Paris Commune who considered themselves ordinary patriots and wore long trousers, not the knee-length breeches of the nobles, were called _______ _______.
sans culottes
During the Reign of Terror, when guillotining proved too slow, the condemned were ______.
shot with grapeshot into open graves
The French budget went into total crisis when the government decided to ______, which was another factor that caused the French Revolution.
spend huge sums to help the American colonists against Britain
The members of the National Convention of France believed that Christianity encouraged ______.
superstition
Which democratic ideals did the Paris Commune support?
universal male suffrage
The events that led to the Tennis Court Oath in the order in which they occurred.
1. Third Estate declared that it was the National Assembly and would draft a constitution. 2. The Third Estate's deputies arrived at their meeting place, only to find that the doors had been locked. 3. The Third Estate's members moved to an indoor tennis court and swore that they would continue meeting until they had a new constitution.
What rights and freedoms were granted by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
1. freedom of speech and the press 2. equality before the law 3. end of tax exemptions for certain classes
The taille was what?
Annual direct tax, usually on land or property, that provided a regular source of income for the French monarchy
Identify the underlying causes of the French Revolution.
Enlightenment ideas(encouraged people to question the old order) and social conditions(The economic crisis of France affected the lives of many people).
How did the king of France react to the changes made by the new Constitution of 1791?
He detested the new order and his loss of absolute power.
How the National Convention address the crises faced by France after King Louis XVI was executed?
It gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 known as the Committee of Public Safety.
What resulted from France's new Constitution of 1791?
It set up a limited monarchy.
What was true of the Third Estate in French society?
It was divided by vast differences in occupation, level of education, and wealth.
During the Reign of Terror, revolutionary armies were set up to bring rebellious cities under the control of the ______.
National Convention