Unit 5: French Revolution, Napoleon, & Latin America Quiz

What document guaranteed French citizens “are born and remain free and equal in rights.”

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Petition of Right

What event happened in Paris, France on July 14, 1789, and is displayed below:

• Napoleon surrendered
• A mob marched to Versailles and attacked the palace
• Storming of the Bastille for gunpowder
• Louis XVI was executed

Who made up the National Assembly who signed the Tennis Court Oath?

• Louis XVI
• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate

Which even sparks the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Tennis Court Oath
• Storming of the Bastille
• March of Women
• The meeting of the Estates General

"Revolutionary government owes to all good citizens the fullest protection the state can afford; to enemies of the people it owes nothing but death." --Maximilien Robespierre, December 25, 1793 What was the immediate result of this philosophy?

• An increase in taxes
• A period of restored peace
• An expansion of the justice system
• A time of mass executions

What execution method became famous during the French Revolution?

• Firing Squad
• Drawing & Quartering
• Hanging
• Guillotine

Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the man responsible for the Reign of Terror?

• Louis XVI
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Olive Cromwell

All of these are causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT —

• The American Revolution
• Louis XVI's frugality (ability to save money)
• Enlightenment Ideas
• Louis XVI's opulent (expensive) lifestyle

What were two outcomes of the French Revolution?

• End of absolute monarchy of Louis XVI; rise of France's Fourth Republic
• Rise of Napoleon; take over of France by Prussians
• End of absolute monarchy of Louis XVI; rise of Napoleon
• End of the Napoleonic Empire; France split into separate countries

Who became ruler after the French Revolution?

• Louis XIV
• Louis XVI
• Maximilian Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte