FRENCH REVOLUTION

What country is highlighted on this map?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Canada

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest

Merchants, bankers, industrialists, professionals

• bourgeoisie

• commune

• estate

• taille

What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?

• King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.

• King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.

• King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.

• King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.

What were social classes called in France?

• estates
• clergy
• bourgeoisie
• noble/aristocrat

The Paris Bastille was which of the following:

• a tennis court

• an armory and prison

• Louis's palace

• a restaurant

T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed all of the following except:

• an end to tax ememptions

• freedom of speech

• equal rights for women

• freedom of the press

Who is shown beheaded in this painting?

• King Louis XVI

• Queen Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

This device was used to execute thousands of people during the period known as the Reign of Terror.

• guillotine
• astrolabe
• gallows
• Bastille