unit 7 practice qs french rev/ nap/ congress of vienna

calonne's reform plan included all of the following except a. propose new national leg b. policies enc internal trade c. proposal lower certain taxes d. proposal transofrm peasnat's obligatory labor to money payments e. plan to reduce govn reg of grain trade

a

The purpose of the August 4th Laws.

abolish slavery

under the constitution of 1791, the citizens of france were divided between

active and passive citizens

Which of the following was achieved during the regime of Napoleon Bonaparte?: he codified the laws of France in his famous Civil Code. women's legal position was weakened with the activation of the Civil Code. he arranged a Concordat with the Catholic Church. he created a powerful, centralized bureaucracy. all of these choices are correct.

all

Napoleon's conquest of Spain doomed its American empire by?: draining precious resources away from colonial economies for the French war machine. opening Spanish America up to British invasion. allowing the colonies to govern themselves for six years. killing off nearly all trained Spanish administrators. all of these choices are correct.

allowing the colonies to govern themselves for six years.

reps to the best ten brought chairs de dalliances, or: a. proofs of legitimacy b. lists of grievances c. invitations from the king d. tokens of respect for the monarchy e. traditional gifts to the courts

b

the national constituent assembly a. est deism as state relic b. outlawed christianity c. outlawed workers' associations d. est gender = e. freed all slaves in france

c

which NOT associated w nap's code as affect france/ euro a. RCC monopoly relic end b. feudal obligations disappeared c. class distinctions reinforced d. liberalizing ideas en reach much euro e. hereditary soc ddisinctions abolished

c/d/e

An agreement between Napoleon and the Papacy which declared Catholicism " the religion of the majority of the French citizens."

concordat of 1801

the sans-culs wanted a. dem b. tax relief c. right to vote d. relief from food shortages and high prices e. the return of the monarchy

d

Louis XVI responded to the Tennis Court Oath by?: arresting the principal leaders of the National Assembly. attempting to transfer the meetings of the estates to southern France. promising to reform the national tax-collecting system. ordering the National Guard to surround the National Assembly. declaring the actions of the third estate illegal.

declaring the actions of the third estate illegal.

All of the following are true about the Napoleonic Era (1799-1814) EXCEPT?: Napoleon came nearer than anyone before or since to imposing political unity on the European continent. Europe was transformed, not only through resistance to Napoleon but through collaboration in his reforms. the fighting during the period amounted to a world war, involving not only Europe but America. despite the fact that all the other European great powers, England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, were allied against him from 1799 onwards, Napoleon managed to defeat them until 1812. all of these choices are correct.

despite the fact that all the other European great powers, England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, were allied against him from 1799 onwards, Napoleon managed to defeat them until 1812.

nap's concordat w RCC accomploshied all except: a. french state name bishops b. cath is relic of majority of france c. required refractory clergy to resign d. required clergy to swear oath loyalty to state e. est RCC as only legit relig

e

with nap code of 1804, all true except a. fathers over fan b. rights of employers over workers c. no labor unions d. property rights safeguarded e. primogenture est

e

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following except equality before the law the presumption of innocence in criminal investigations representative government individual freedom economic equality

econ =

In terms of slaavery in the French colonies, Napoleon temporarily restored it to Haiti, promising to abolish it in 20 years. abolished it in his Civil Code effectively cancelled its abolition by the convention continued the policies of the convention did nothing

effectively cancelled its abolition by the convention

heart of monarchy's probs:

either deep ideological divide OR govn's insufficient income

The legislators of the French Revolution enacted all of the following measures that affected women EXCEPT a law?: permitting either party in a marriage to request a divorce. giving women the right to control their own property. forbidding the formation of political clubs for women. permitting nuns to quit their vows. granting the right to vote to women who owned a sufficient amount of property.

granting the right to vote to women who owned a sufficient amount of property.

disturbances countryside august 1789

great fear

8 For the French peasants, the Revolution of 1789 meant?: a general movement from the countryside to urban areas. greater landownership. few, if any, gains. an end to forced conscription in the army. significant political power.

greater landownership

Part of Napoleon's settlement with the Catholic Church retained the secular revolutionary calendar acknowledged it as the established church restored the tithe gave back some of the confiscated Church land had the government pay clergy salaries

had the government pay clergy salaries

Lettres de cachet were a means by which the French king could?: arrange for a meeting with his mistress. correspond informally with ministers of foreign nations. imprison anyone without benefit of a trial. execute criminals convicted of capital offenses. transferred power from the bourgeoisie to the privileged orders in society.

imprison anyone without benefit of a trial.

5 All of the following were aspects of the influence of the American Revolution on the French Revolution except increasing the class conflict between nobility and bourgeoisie providing a revolutionary role model providing young men with a taste of revolutionary action and ideals increasing the financial burdens of the state providing the example of a revolutionary government producing a written constitution

increasing the class conflict between nobility and bourgeoisie

the most famous political club to emerge form the estates general was the

jacobins

Napoleon?: was born and raised in Paris. joined the Jacobins shortly after the French Revolution. won a naval victory over Horatio Nelson off the coast of Egypt. had poor math skills. won the Battle of Trafalgar.

joined the Jacobins shortly after the French Revolution.

Napoleon's Concordat with the Papacy contained all but one of the following provisions?: Catholicism was to be the "preferred" religion of France. primary education was to be controlled by the clergy. the state had the power to regulate the place of the church in French society. non-Catholics were to enjoy religious freedom. lands confiscated and sold during the Revolution were to be returned to the church.

lands confiscated and sold during the Revolution were to be returned to the church.

The men elected to represent the third estate in the Estates General were primarily?: provincial nobles. businessmen. soldiers. lawyers and government officials. sans-culottes.

lawyers and government officials

An executive group consisting of talented and meritorious people from the French population, for their service to the nation

legion of honor

This legislative body ruled France during the First French Republic.

legislative assembly

n taking the Tennis Court Oath the members of the National Assembly swore to dissolve the Estates General deliver the Cahiers de Doleances to Louis meet until France had a Constitution strip Louis XVI of all of his power make France a Republic

meet until france had a const

According to the rules of the French Constitution of 1791, "active citizens" were defined as?: married men, with property and family. men who paid annual taxes equal to three days of labor wages. men who were landowners and had servants or employees under their care. women and men who paid their taxes and could demonstrate an income. men who could prove their aristocratic or noble status.

men who paid annual taxes equal to three days of labor wages.

The foreign minister of Austria who helped to manage and control the agreement made by European nations in the Congress of Vienna. He was a conservative and believed in absolutism.

metternich

The French National Assembly was established by?: leading philosophes. the aristocracy. King Louis XVI. the sans-culottes. the middle class of the Third Estate.

middle class of the Third Estate.

7 The political views of the Girondists were?: more moderate than the view of other Jacobins. sympathetic to a restored monarchy. somewhat moderate, but very anti-Catholic. the most radical of those in power. none of these choices are correct.

more moderate than the view of other Jacobins.

This governing body wanted a constitutional monarchy in France.

national assmebly

recent challenges to the traditional explanation of the origins of the French Revolution have centered on the fact that the?: Old Regime did not correspond to social reality. nobility and upper bourgeoisie were not necessarily pitted against each other. clergy played a liberal role in French society. revolution broke out all over France, not just in Paris. lower middle class was actually more reactionary than radical.

nobility and upper bourgeoisie were not necessarily pitted against each other.

after the passage of the civil const of the clergy, the cath church in france was ________ to the rev

openly hostile

What accounts for the involvement of peasants in counterrevolutionary movements directed against the French revolutionary government? the government's reversal of the abolition of feudalism military alliances with armies of supportive nations opposition to de-Christianization and centralization poor living conditions due to crop failures and famine peasants' support for persecuted high nobles of Paaris

opposition to de-christianization and centralization

A series of laws to help supervise the rights of other religions in France besides Catholicism

organic articles

the greatest number of victims under "The Terror" (1793-1794) were from which social group?: clergy. nobility. foreigners. bourgeoisie. peasants.

peasants

rebellion in spain agnst nap from

peasants/ lower classes

as result of treaty of tilsit (1807), what became ally of nap

prussia

Written in the midst of the French Revolution, the 1793 Constitution?: was written by a group of revolutionaries known as the Directory. was very similar to the 1790 version. owed its existence solely to the American Declaration of Independence. was a conservtive document that prepared the way for Napoleon's rise to power as emperor. reflected the vision of Rousseau's social contract.

reflected the vision of Rousseau's social contract.

When the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, Louis SVI refused to respond in any way to order not to dignify them. relented after the storming of the Bastille. disbanded the National Assembly with his troops. remined steadfast in his opposition to their demands. gave in immediately to their demands.

relented after the storming of the bastille

nap's reason best bonapartist dynasty 1804 was

rep natural expression of his ambition?

The seizure of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 was important because it?: gave the sans-cullotte a strong fort. released thousands of prisoners who joined the revolutionaries. represented a successful attack on the tyranny of the Old Regime. placed the royal family under the control of the Paris mobs. brought Britain into the war against the French Republic.

represented a successful attack on the tyranny of the Old Regime.

The conservative government that came to power after the Thermidorean Reaction?: supported the most radical ideas of the revolutionary era. ordered that mobs caught intimidating legislatures be attacked by the army. returned the Catholic faith to the position of state religion. restricted free trade in an effort to replenish the state treasury. restored social stability without sacrificing the ideals of 1789.

restored social stability without sacrificing the ideals of 1789.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed?: universal manhood suffrage. abolition of the monarchy. free education. no new taxes. security of property.

security of property

What was the Estates General?

separation of classes in pre-rev france

the 3rd estate's commitment to going by head was formalized by the

tennis court oath

All of the following were reforms passed by the French National Assembly in reaction to earlier abuses EXCEPT?: the Law of Suspects. confiscation of Church property. limitations on the power of the monarchy. revocation of special privileges of the nobility. ended papal authority over French clergy.

the Law of Suspects

All of the following are accurate statements about the French Revolution EXCEPT?: France had a non-representative government before and after the French Revolution. the Revolution destroyed the vestiges of manorialism. the ideals of the French Revolution spread throughout Europe. the Revolution failed to end the legal inequities between the classes. the Revolution influenced French society to measure status by ability rather than by birth.

the Revolution failed to end the legal inequities between the classes.

When the French people drew up Cahiers de Doleances in 1789 for the Estates General to consider, which of the following would NOT have been likely the peasants wanted relief from feudal dues the nobles wanted an expansion of royal power the clergy wanted protection of monastic lands shopkeepers wanted an end to unnecessary taxes on commerce the bourgeoisie called for access to high office in the military and government

the nobles wanted an expansion of royal power

The conservative response to the French Revolution?

thermidorian reaction

2 Napoleon's blockade of British goods was broken officially when Tsar Alexander I refused to honor it led Britain to make a treaty with Napoleon in 1810 was effective in preventing the smuggling of British goods into Europe was hugely popular in that it promoted the sale of French goods devastated the English economy

was broken officially when tsar alexander i refused to honor it

The new Republican calendar of 1793?: was based on the old Gregorian calendar that had gone out of use in the 16. was kept until Napoleon's defeat in 1815. was well received by most of the people. was part of an effort at dechristianization. named days and months after former kings.

was part of an effort at dechristianization

This was the result of Napoleon's growing frustrations with the inefficiency of the Continental system and his growing interests in the Mediterranean region.

1812 invasion of russia

Which of the following was NOT a financial problem that led to the French Revolution? The lavish spending of the monarchy A debt that amounted to just over half of the entire budget An unproductive and inefficient economic base Tax privileges of the nobility Debt incurred by the Seven Years' War

An unproductive and inefficient economic base

The most persistent opponent of Napoleon and the French Republic was?: the royalists. the United States. Great Britain. the Russian-Austrian alliance. the Jacobins.

Great Britain.

Place the following events of the French Revolution in the correct chronological order: I. The storming of the Bastille II. The Oath of the Tennis Court III. The meeting of the Estates General IV. The REign of Terror V. Louis XVI executed

III II I V VI

What was the direct cause of the rebellions in Latin America in the first part of the 19c?: slave revolt in Haiti. the American Revolution. the French Revolution. the spread of Enlightenment ideas. Napoleon's invasion of Spain.

Napoleon's invasion of Spain.