Revolution!

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Voting in Church elections No land Governmental financial mismanagement High taxes

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Jean-Baptiste Colbert Madame de Pompadour Cardinal Richelieu Jacques Necker

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Tennis Court Oath National Assembly Reign of Terror Storming of the Bastille

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Vendée Strasbourg Lyon Carcassone

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… During the “Reign of Terror” Mass executions Iconoclasm Birth restrictions “Cult of Reason”

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Voting in Church elections No land Governmental financial mismanagement High taxes The lack of a clergy vote, although problematic, was NOT one of the causations of the French Revolution

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Jean-Baptiste Colbert Madame de Pompadour Cardinal Richelieu Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a Minister of Finance, but not an “advisor” or “influence” to the King. The rest (Colbert  Louis XIV; Pompadour  Louis XV; Richelieu  Louis XIII) are heavy influencers…

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Tennis Court Oath National Assembly Reign of Terror Storming of the Bastille The “Reign of Terror” did NOT occur before the “Declaration” and the creation of a “new state”. The others did.

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… Vendée Strasbourg Lyon Carcassone Strasbourg (Eastern France) was not a “focus” of the “Terror”. The others, as they were places of rebellion, were.

ONE of these things is NOT like the others… During the “Reign of Terror” Mass executions Iconoclasm Birth restrictions “Cult of Reason” There were no evident “birth restrictions” during the “Terror”. Mass executions, yes. “Iconoclasm” and the destruction of church property, yes. The “Cult of Reason” attempted to replace religion with science.

Which of the following countries allied itself with France during the Seven Years’ War in major reversal of alliances that historians call the “Diplomatic Revolution”? Prussia Great Britain Austria The Dutch Republic

2. Which of the following did not contribute to the French fiscal crisis? Debt accumulated by French supporting the American War of Independence A taxation system that exempted the nobility and clergy from most taxes The lack of a national bank to help raise loans for the government The tax exemption of the Third Estate, which represented most of the people of France

3. On the eve of the French Revolution in 1787, the French monarchy was clearly willing to replace absolutist power with a constitutionalist system was seriously disadvantaged, and most Enlightenment thinkers pointed to France as a country ripe for revolution. was actively resisting reform and was becoming less “enlightened” in its approach to state power appeared to be secure in its power and had reestablished its prestige after its humiliating defeat in the Seven Year’s War

4. Which of the following did not lead to the attack on the Bastille? Louis XVI’s firing of Jacques Necker, his financial minister The marching of thousands of troops toward Paris by order of the king Fears of a plot by the king to arrest and disperse the members of the National Assembly The massacre by Louis XVI’s troops of members of the National Assembly

5. On what change was Louis XVI executed in 1793? Tyranny Treason Murder Attempting to escape France

6. The Thermidorian Reaction was the… period of extreme violence in Vendee in which thousands of suspects dissenters were killed by supporters of Robespierre revolt of the rural peasantry against the Revolution abolition of the Convention by the Committee of Public Safety period in which the Convention turned against Robespierre and his regime of Terror, effectively ending it

7. Who were the sans-culottes? Leaders of the Revolution Rural opponents of the Revolution who sided with the king The name for members of the new, revolutionary French army Ordinary citizens of Paris, mainly skilled artisans and their families

8. Who was the chief proponent of the Terror and unofficial head of Committee of Public Safety? Georges-Jacques Danton Maximililen Robespierre Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-Paul Marat

9. Which event effectively ended the French Revolution? Napoleon Bonaparte’s coming to power The execution of Louis XVI The fall of Robespierre The adoption of the Constitution

10. Which king’s increased repressive policies sparked another revolution in France in 1830? Louis XVIII Frederick VII Charles X Louis-Philippe

Which of the following countries allied itself with France during the Seven Years’ War in major reversal of alliances that historians call the “Diplomatic Revolution”? Prussia Great Britain Austria The Dutch Republic

2. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the French fiscal crisis? Debt accumulated by French supporting the American War of Independence A taxation system that exempted the nobility and clergy from most taxes The lack of a national bank to help raise loans for the government The tax exemption of the Third Estate, which represented most of the people of France

3. On the eve of the French Revolution in 1787, the French monarchy was clearly willing to replace absolutist power with a constitutionalist system was seriously disadvantaged, and most Enlightenment thinkers pointed to France as a country ripe for revolution. was actively resisting reform and was becoming less “enlightened” in its approach to state power appeared to be secure in its power and had reestablished its prestige after its humiliating defeat in the Seven Year’s War

4. Which of the following did NOT lead to the attack on the Bastille? Louis XVI’s firing of Jacques Necker, his financial minister The marching of thousands of troops toward Paris by order of the king Fears of a plot by the king to arrest and disperse the members of the National Assembly The massacre by Louis XVI’s troops of members of the National Assembly

5. On what change was Louis XVI executed in 1793? Tyranny Treason Murder Attempting to escape France

6. The Thermidorian Reaction was the… period of extreme violence in Vendee in which thousands of suspects dissenters were killed by supporters of Robespierre revolt of the rural peasantry against the Revolution abolition of the Convention by the Committee of Public Safety period in which the Convention turned against Robespierre and his regime of Terror, effectively ending it

7. Who were the sans-culottes? Leaders of the Revolution Rural opponents of the Revolution who sided with the king The name for members of the new, revolutionary French army Ordinary citizens of Paris, mainly skilled artisans and their families

8. Who was the chief proponent of the Terror and unofficial head of Committee of Public Safety? Georges-Jacques Danton Maximililen Robespierre Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-Paul Marat

9. Which event effectively ended the French Revolution? Napoleon Bonaparte’s coming to power The execution of Louis XVI The fall of Robespierre The adoption of the Constitution

10. Which king’s increased repressive policies sparked another revolution in France in 1830? Louis XVIII Frederick VII Charles X Louis-Philippe