1. World History French Revolution

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3. What were the peasants? (bourgeoise or commoners is acceptable)
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There were three classes of people in France – the 1st Estate was the religious clergy, the 2nd Estate was the powerful nobility, and the 3rd Estate was this group – the vast majority of French men and women.
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4. What were the, War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748), The Seven Years War (1756 – 1763) or The American Revolutionary War ( )?
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Identify one of the three expensive wars that were fought leading up to the French Revolution and exhausting the French Treasury.
SUBJECT: Leading up to
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5. Who was Marie Antoinette?
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King Louis XVI’s Austrian wife was likely the most unpopular Queen of France in history. She was nicknamed “Madame Deficit” because of her outlandish spending while the people of France went hungry. Name her.
SUBJECT: Leading up to
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6. What was the Estates General?
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King Louis XVI reluctantly allowed this legislative body made up of members of the Three Estates to meet in and work on the financial crisis.
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7. Who was Jacques Neckar?
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When this finance minister popular with the people was fired by leaders loyal to the king, it triggered events that started the French Revolution
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8. What was the Tennis Court Oath?
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After being locked out of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate met and made this famous pledge to form a National Assembly and write a Constitution for France.
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SUBJECT: Revolution Begins
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9. What was the Bastille?
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This was the prison in Paris that was stormed by the Paris mob on July 14th, and became the symbol of the beginning of the French Revolution.
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10. What is Paris?
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Huge crowds forced King Louis XVI from his palace in Versailles and returned him to this city where he was then forced to accept the new laws created by the National Assembly.
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11. What was the “Great Fear”
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This was the mass hysteria that swept the French countryside in rumors of invasion or armies of brigands and led to destruction of property and lives in the provinces in 1789.
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SUBJECT: Revolution Begins
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12. What was the Declaration of Rights of Man and of Citizen?
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This was the French document that was based on the American Declaration of Independence and drawn up by the National Assembly in August of 1789.
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SUBJECT: Revolution Begins
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13. What was the National Assembly?
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Revolutionary leaders of the Third Estate abandoned the Estates General and formed this legislative government at the start of the Revolution.
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SUBJECT: Governments of France
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14. What was the Paris Commune?
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Under threat from invasion, this radical form of government pushed aside the Legislative Assembly and made King Louis XVI a prisoner
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SUBJECT: Governments of France
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15. What was the Committee of Public Safety?
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This was the group of twelve men who led the police and court tribunals during The Reign of Terror to eliminate the enemies of the state
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SUBJECT: Governments of France
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16. What was the Directory?
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Created to unify the country and bring an end to the Revolution, this corrupt group of five leaders controlling the French Legislature was overthrown by Napoleon in 1799
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SUBJECT: Governments of France
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17. What were the Girondins and the “Mountain”
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The National Assembly and later revolutionary governments had two factions of 'Jacobins' – these moderates from the provinces and these radicals from Paris – need both answers for points
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SUBJECT: Governments of France
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18. Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
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He was the radical leader of the Jacobins and later helped lead the Reign of Terror. He would end up being the last person to be executed during the French Revolution
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SUBJECT: People of the Revolution
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19. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
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This young French general won blazing victories against the British and Italians, then later overthrew the French government and declared himself Emperor of France.
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SUBJECT: People of the Revolution
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20. Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
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This was the radical journalist who was stabbed in his bathtub by the Girondist, Charlotte Corday.
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21. Who were the 'sans-culottes'?
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These were the artisans and shop keepers who came to dominate Paris and therefore French politics. They got their name for refusing to wear the aristocratic knee pads worn at the time.
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22. Who was the Duke of Wellington ?
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Napoleon’s final defeat in battle came when he fought and lost at Waterloo in Belgium against this British commander (Hint: remember his royal title?)
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23. What is the Guillotine?
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Invented by a French doctor, this blade-dropping device was considered to be a humane way to end a life
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SUBJECT: Terms and Places
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24. What is a Coup de tat?
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The French word for the overthrowing of a government – the way Napoleon overthrew the Directory
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25. What was a taille?
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This French term describes the pre-Revolutionary taxation system in which the Third Estate was responsible for nearly all revenue gathered by the royal government of Louis XVI .
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26. What was St. Helena ?
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After his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon was sent to this far-off island as an exile – never to return.
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SUBJECT: Terms and Places
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27. What was The Napoleonic Code (or Civil code)?
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A system of laws that preserved the freedoms gained during the revolution and brought uniform laws across all of France .
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