French Revolution Section 1 Questions

Discussion Questions 1.How was the Church able to make money off of the land that it owned? 2.Who made up each of the three estates? And how much % did each one make of the total population? 3.Who made up the Bourgeosie? 4.Who made up the largest portion of the 3 rd estate? 5.What are two reasons why people were discontent with the French government? 6.How did people show their discontent? 7.What was the greatest privilege of the first two estates?

Discussion Questions 8.What caused such an economic crisis under Louis XIV and Louis XV? 9.What did the French support that caused their economic crisis to occur? 10.How come the Third Estate always got outvoted even though they made up 97% of the population? 11.What was supposed to be the purpose of the Estates General? 12.What did the people want written that led to the French Revolution? 13.What marked the real beginning of the French Revolution?

French Revolution Section 2 Questions

Discussion Questions (40 Pts) 1.What did people do to protect themselves against Louis XVI? 2.Why were peasants afraid during the Revolution? What did they do to face their fear? 3.What did the national assembly accomplish? 4.What did the Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen provide? 5.What was the slogan of the French Revolution? 6.Tell me briefly about why the émigres were significant. 7.How did France begin to pay down its national debt? 8.Why did the people of the Catholic Church oppose the Revolution?

Discussion Questions 9.Under their new constitution, what were the 3 branches of government? 10.Why did Louis XVI try to escape? 11.How long did the new government last? 12.Why didn’t it last longer? 13.What did the conservative group believe about the Revolution? The radicals? Moderates? 14.When France faced the threat of a foreign invasion, why was Louis XVI in favor of going to war? 15.How well was France able to stand up to the invaders?

French Revolution Section 3 Questions

Questions 1-5 of 10 (24 Pts) 1.What did the National Convention do to Louis XVI while he was governing France? 2.What term was used to draft military men? Give TWO qualifications in order to be drafted. 3.What did the groups in favor of a counterrevolution want to bring back? 4.What was a common way of executing (killing) people who were part of the counterrevolution? 5.How did Robespierre react when he heard from other leaders that the Reign of Terror should back off and relax because they were safe?

Questions 6-10 of 10 (24 Pts) 6.What did the National Convention achieve concerning human rights? 7.What evidence is there that makes you believe that the French Revolution was a success? 8.How did the Directory system of government revert back to times of the Old Regime? 9.What made Napoleon an exceptional leader? 10.What caused the Directory to be worried that Napoleon would try to seize power in France? Bonus: What word describes how Napoleon gained power in France?

French Revolution Section 4 Questions

Questions 1-5 of 10 1.Why were people willing to accept Napoleon’s dictatorship? 2.How much power did Napoleon have? 3.What was the procedure called in which people voted yes or no for Napoleon’s new constitution? 4.What are 2 things that Napoleon did in government to make it successful? 5.Whose marriage ended in a very similar way as Napoleon’s? (think back a few units)

Questions 6-10 of 10 6.What is known as love for one’s country, creating loyalty and patriotism among its people? 7.Why did Napoleon invade Russia? 8.What were Russia’s war tactics in defeating the all-powerful French army? Name at least 2. 9.How did the other countries who did not like France respond once Russia had defeated France? 10.Where did Napoleon suffer his last defeat? Where did he die?

French Revolution Section 5 Questions

Section 5 Review Questions 1-5 of 10 1.Why do you think France had to pay an indemnity? 2.What is the Concert of Europe? 3.Why did Great Britain withdraw from the Holy Alliance in Europe? 4.What was the cause of the organization of the Congress of Vienna? 5.What type of government did Metternich believe in?

Section 5 Review Questions 6-10 of 10 6.Why did Metternich feel that he needed to spy on revolutionary organizations and individuals? 7.Why do you think the joining of France to the Quadruple Alliance was a big deal? 8.Why do you think the realignment of the borders had France surrounded by strong states? 9.What were a few of the goals of the Congress of Vienna? 10.Who did the Quintuple Alliance consist of?