The French Revolution

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of the following is a reason why the French state was bankrupt in 1789? All of these Money had gone to finance those who helped the Americans during the American Revolution Pensions were being given to the Second Estate There were extravagances within the royal family

2. In 1789, a group of people stormed the Bastille. What was the Bastille? A prison A palace A church A meeting hall

3. What was the most common way to die during the Reign of Terror? drowning hanging starvation decapitation

4. What was the name of the leader of the Jacobins? Napoleon Bonaparte Jacques Necker Maximilien Robespierre Louis XIV

5. Where were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette trying get to when they were identified in Varennes? Montmédy Spain Austria Britain

6. Who took the Tennis Court Oath? Estates General Second Estate Third Estate First Estate

7. What was the purpose of the October Days of 1789? to counteract the events that occurred during the Reign of Terror to try to get the king to return to Paris to try to get America to help France, since France helped America during the American Revolution to send a spy into the Estates General in an attempt to mess up their plans

8. In 1792, Austria attacked France. What is the only group of people who wanted France to win this attack? Europeans Second Estate Third Estate First Estate

9. According to the Constitution of the Year VIII (1799), who received all the power of France? Jacques Necker Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jules Grévy Napoleon Bonaparte

10. As a result of the French Revolution, the Roman Catholic church began to lose power. True False