The French Revolution

In the Old Regime the second estate comprised of

• the big businessmen, lawyers, the peasants etc

• the nobility

• the clergy

• all of the above

"Each member should have one vote" was advocated by

• Rousseau

• John Paul

• Abbe Sieyes

When did the French Revolution begin?

• 14 th June 1789

• 12 th August 1780

• 14 th July 1789

Louis the XVI ascended the throne of France in

• 1789

• 1774

• 1889

Which book was written by John Locke?

• Social Contract Theory

• The Spirit of Laws

• Two Treatises of Government

The Constitution of 1791 made France

• A constitutional monarchy

• A democracy

• A communist state

A large number of the Jacobins were called 'sans-culottes' which means

• men who wore knee breeches

• men who did not wear knee breeches

• men who wore black breeches

On what charge was Louis XVI sentenced to death

• Cruelty

• Incapability

• Treason

Whose rule was referred to as The Reign of Terror/

• Napoleon

• Louis XVI

• Maximilian Robespierre

In which battle and when was Napoleon defeated

• Waterloo 1815

• Waterloo 1805

• Versailles 1805