French Revolution & Napoleon Test Review 2023
Questions and Answers Complete
What was not a major cause of the French Revolution?
The rise of Napoleon.
What was not a cause of the French Revolution?
The strong leadership of Louis XVI, The First and Second Estates were very angry
because of the high taxes they had to pay
What was not a cause of the French Revolution? (2)
The First and Second Estates were very angry because of the high taxes they had to
pay,The strong leadership of Louis XVI
Ideas from what period influenced the French Revolution?
Enlightenment
What event influenced the start of the French Revolution?
American Revolution
Who were the king and queen at the start of the French Revolution?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
What type of government did France have before the French Revolution?
Absolute Monarchy
Which estate included the nobility?
The second estate
The bourgeoisie was the most influential group during the French Revolution. What
ideas influenced them?
The Enlightenment
Poor farmers, common workers, and the middle class in the cities were part of
the...estate.
The third estate
The bourgeoisie were...
The middle class people like lawyers and doctors.
What was a problem with the Old Order?
There was inequality within the estates.
The fall of Bastille was important because it...
Showed popular support of revolutionary change.
A political and symbolic act of revolution occurred when citizens of Paris stormed and
captured the fortress called the...
Bastille.
What event was the beginning of the French Revolution?
The storming of Bastille.
The French Independence Day takes place on July 14, and remembers the day when...
The Bastille Prison was captured by a mob who freed prisoners and stole guns.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
, Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
Who is the Austrian woman this excerpt refers to?
Marie Antoinette.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
What does the reading suggest that the French citizens should do since they are
hungry?
To demand food from the government.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
According to the quote, when should power be taken from the hands of those to whom it
was entrusted?
When the public's safety is not guaranteed.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
Questions and Answers Complete
What was not a major cause of the French Revolution?
The rise of Napoleon.
What was not a cause of the French Revolution?
The strong leadership of Louis XVI, The First and Second Estates were very angry
because of the high taxes they had to pay
What was not a cause of the French Revolution? (2)
The First and Second Estates were very angry because of the high taxes they had to
pay,The strong leadership of Louis XVI
Ideas from what period influenced the French Revolution?
Enlightenment
What event influenced the start of the French Revolution?
American Revolution
Who were the king and queen at the start of the French Revolution?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
What type of government did France have before the French Revolution?
Absolute Monarchy
Which estate included the nobility?
The second estate
The bourgeoisie was the most influential group during the French Revolution. What
ideas influenced them?
The Enlightenment
Poor farmers, common workers, and the middle class in the cities were part of
the...estate.
The third estate
The bourgeoisie were...
The middle class people like lawyers and doctors.
What was a problem with the Old Order?
There was inequality within the estates.
The fall of Bastille was important because it...
Showed popular support of revolutionary change.
A political and symbolic act of revolution occurred when citizens of Paris stormed and
captured the fortress called the...
Bastille.
What event was the beginning of the French Revolution?
The storming of Bastille.
The French Independence Day takes place on July 14, and remembers the day when...
The Bastille Prison was captured by a mob who freed prisoners and stole guns.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
, Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
Who is the Austrian woman this excerpt refers to?
Marie Antoinette.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
What does the reading suggest that the French citizens should do since they are
hungry?
To demand food from the government.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
According to the quote, when should power be taken from the hands of those to whom it
was entrusted?
When the public's safety is not guaranteed.
"When public safety is in peril, the people must take power out of the hands of those to
whom it is entrusted....Put that Austrian woman...in prison....Seize the ministers and
their clerks and put them in irons....Make sure of the mayor and his lieutenants; keep
the general [Lafayette] in sight, and arrest his staff....The heir to the throne has no right
to a dinner while you want bread. Organize bodies of armed men. March to the National
Assembly and demand food at once....Demand that the nation's poor have a future
secured to them out of the national contribution. If you are refused, join the army, take
the land, as well as the gold, which the rascals who want to force you to come to terms
by hunger have buried, and share it among you. Off with the heads of the ministers and
their underlings. Now is the time!"
