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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Storming of this state prison. Generally regarded as the beginning of the revolution.	Bastille	74%
This philosopher of the Enlightenment is considered to be the major forerunner of the French Revolution.	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	64%
Designation of France's form of government from the end of the Middle Ages to the revolutionary period.	Ancien Regime	43%
This French general and supporter of the American Independence Movement becomes commander of that vigilante group.	Marquis de Lafayette	41%
Execution of this former queen.	Marie-Antoinette	38%
Louis XVI convened this assembly to reduce the state's debts.	Estates General	35%
This Radical Jacobin becomes head of the Welfare Committee and the leading French politician until his execution.	Maximilien de Robespierre	32%
This Radical Club meets for the first time in a Paris monastery.	Jacobins	31%
This bloody period of revolution begins.	Reign of Terror	30%
After four months of siege, the French army conquered that city thanks to the plans of this young officer.	Napoleon Bonaparte	29%
These people march to Versailles and force the king to flee to Paris	Women	29%
The National Assembly adopts this declaration.	Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen	27%
This admiral was the British leader in the battle.	Horatio Nelson	27%
This controller-general of finances publishes the Compte rendu au Roi (Financial Report to the King)	Jacques Necker	27%
These ordinary Parisian workers were the paramilitaries of the Radical and Extreme groups.	Sans-culottes	26%
The deputies of the Third Estate give to each other this oath that they will not part until France has a constitution.	Tennis Court Oath	26%
This philosophical work of the above was his most important and influential.	The Social Contract	26%
The representatives of the Third Estate call this assembly.	National Constituent Assembly	24%
The first French Constitution is enacted, France now has this form of government	Constitutional Monarchy	23%
This Jacobin becomes the first chairman of this executive body.	Georges Danton	23%
In the second treaty of san ildefonso, France allies itself with this state against Great Britain	Spain	23%
The National Convention adopts a new constitution in which this five-member body assumes executive power.	Directory	18%
This kingdom conquers Rome, but is itself conquered by France two months later.	Kingdom of Naples	18%
This new way of calculating time is introduced.	French Revolutionary calendar	17%
This vigilante group is set up to ensure public safety in Paris.	National Guard	17%
The name of the Paris government between 1789-1795	Paris Commune	17%
This war begins with the declaration of war on Austria.	War of the First Coalition	17%
This flag becomes the national flag.	Tricolore	16%
This executive body of the National Convention is founded, its members will govern France dictatorially in the reign of terror.	Committee of Public Safety	15%
During an uprising of radicals on the National Convention, the Girondists are deprived of power, this demagogue led the uprising.	Jean-Paul Marat	15%
The general conscription is introduced, it bears this name in French.	Levee en masse	15%
This palace is stormed by insurgents and revolutionaries.	Tuileries Palace	15%
Beginning of the uprising of the Catholic-Royalist rural population in this department.	Vendee	15%
the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is murdered by this noblewoman in his bathtub.	Charlotte Corday	14%
Robespierre tries to impose this cult as the state religion.	Cult of the Supreme Being	14%
The king's attempt to escape from Revolutionary Paris	Flight to Varennes	14%
This powerful group of deputies will provide the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance in the new cabinet.	Girondins	14%
With Napoleon's seizure of power, the French Revolutionary period ends and this era begins.	Napoleonic era	14%
The inhabitants of this city turned away from the rule of the Jacobins and handed over the city's important war port to the Allies.	Toulon	14%
France declares war on Austria again, officially beginning this war.	War of the Second Coalition	14%
After the Girondists were ousted, this party became the leading one in the National Convention.	The Mountain (Montagnards)	13%
This republic was founded in the Netherlands as a satellite state of France.	Batavian Republic	12%
Elections to this new Parliamentary Assembly will be held.	National Convention	12%
This paper money is introduced to balance the national debt.	Assignat	11%
During his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon wins this important battle against the Mamluks.	Battle of the Pyramids	11%
The coup d'état of Napoleon begins, This name it bears.	Coup of 18 Brumaire	11%
Considered the main theorist of the French Revolution.	Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes	11%
Violent peasant uprisings during this period.	Grande Peur (Great Fear)	11%
Napoleon Bonaparte begins this campaign, which will make him famous.	Italian Campaign	11%
Austria, Britain, Russia and this other great power are fighting together in this war against France, Spain and the French sister republics.	Ottoman Empire	11%
Napoleon conquers Malta, which angers this Russian Emperor, who is the Grand Master of the Order of Malta.	Paul I.	11%
This type of court was established by the National Convention to try opponents of the Revolution.	Revolutionary Tribunal	11%
Napoleon's troops secure Paris, the members of the Directory voluntarily resign or are arrested. Napoleon speaks to the two councils and declares that he will create this new government.	The Consulate	11%
In this naval battle off the coast of Egypt, the Royal Navy decisively defeats the French fleet	Battle of the Nile	10%
Prussian troops invade France but are defeated in this battle and forced to retreat.	Cannonade of Valmy	10%
This statesman and cleric will be the foreign minister in the new cabinet.	Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand	10%
This Italian sister republic is proclaimed.	Cisalpine Republic	10%
Robespierre was deposed and executed with his followers two days later. This name was given to the uprising against Robespierre.	Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor	10%
A vote in the National Convention on the execution of Louis XVI ends with 361 yes to 360 no votes. He was executed on this square in Paris.	Place de la Concorde (Place de la Revolution)	10%
The murder of numerous detainees believed to be opponents of the revolution.	September Massacres	10%
This is his most famous work, which significantly influenced the revolution.	What Is the Third Estate?	10%
The "conspiracy of the equals" is the name given to the attempted coup of this radical early socialist and his followers.	Francois-Noel Babeuf	9%
This is the name given to the persecutions against the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror.	White Terror	9%
This general is the leader of the Russian troops in Italy.	Alexander Suvorov	8%
Danton and this supporter of Danton are executed.	Camille Desmoulins	8%
A mass panic broke out at a Republican rally during which the National Guard shot and killed several people.	Champ de Mars massacre	8%
This uprising, a harbinger of revolution, begins in Grenoble	Day of the Tiles	8%
This law regulates the prices of food and goods for daily use.	General Maximum	8%
In Switzerland this French satelitte state is proclaimed	Helvetic Republic	8%
Napoleon conquers this city in Israel, where many of his soldiers contract the plague.	Jaffa	8%
This Scientist, Mayor of Paris and Moderate Politician was Executed	Jean-Sylvain Bailly	8%
This politician drafted a new Republican Constitution, which was adopted but never came into force.	Louis Antoine de Saint-Just	8%
Napoleon's younger brother is elected chairman of the Council of Five Hundred.	Lucien Bonaparte	8%
This politician and publicist becomes chairman of the National Assembly.	Marquis de Mirabeau	8%
This man will be the chairman of the new body. And will be the leading politician of France until 1799.	Paul Barras	8%
Napoleon meets with this police minister to plan a coup.	Joseph Fouche	7%
in this city Rouget de Lisle composed the marseillaise	Strasbourg	7%
Since the new constitution, France has two parliaments. What are they called?	Council of Five Hundred - Council of Ancients	6%
Prussia and Austria issue this declaration in support of Louis XVI.	Declaration of Pillnitz	6%
After almost six months of siege, Napoleon conquers this city.	Mantua	6%
The National Assembly decides to nationalize church property. This is called what?	Secularization	6%
This peace ended the war with Austria and thus the War of the First Coalition.	Treaty of Campo Formio	6%
In this battle Napoleon defeated the Ottomans under Said Mustafa Pasha.	Battle of Abukir	5%
Napoleon wins this important battle south of Verona.	Battle of Arcole	5%
In this naval battle in the North Sea, the royal navy defeated the Batavian Republic.	Battle of Camperdown	5%
After this battle, Napoleon secured all of northern Italy.	Battle of Rivoli	5%
After the French defeat at Neerwinden, this general changes sides to avoid a tribunal sentence.	Charles-Francois Dumouriez	5%
What is the name of the uprising of the royalist catholic bretons against revolutionary France.	Chouannerie	5%
At this feast Louis XVI swore an oath to the new state.	Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation)	5%
The members of this ultra-radical group were executed.	Hebertists	5%
Napoleon leaves Egypt to end the unrest in France, he makes this general the leader of the troops in Egypt.	Jean-Baptiste Kleber	5%
This women's rights activist wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Female Citizen". She was executed during the reign of terror.	Olympe de Gouges	5%
This Irish Republican lands in France hoping for help in his rebellion against Britain.	Wolfe Tone	5%
This Austrian field marshal forces the French to retreat and ends the Rhine campaign	Archduke Charles	4%
In this naval battle off the coast of Portugal, the royal navy defeated the Spanish fleet.	Battle of Cape St. Vincent	4%
France manages to transport 2000 troops to Ireland and win this battle there.	Battle of Castlebar	4%
After the victory in this important battle, France conquers the Republic of the United Netherlands.	Battle of Fleurus	4%
In this last great battle of the revolutionary period, France again loses to a Russo-Austrian army. However, Russia withdraws from the alliance two months later due to disputes.	Battle of Novi	4%
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Army in this war.	Duke of Brunswick	4%
France begins the Rhine campaign under this general.	Jean-Baptiste Jourdan	4%
In this biblical place Napoleon defeats the Ottomans.	Mount Tabor	4%
This treaty concluded peace between Prussia and France	Peace of Basel	4%
This pope is arrested and taken to Valence, where he died in 1799.	Pius VI.	4%
A Russian-Austrian army wins this battle which ends in the conquest of Milan.	Battle of Cassano	3%
This statesman becomes third consul.	Charles-Francois Lebrun	3%
This field marshal is the leader of the Austrian troops in this campaign.	Count Dagobert von Wurmser	3%
The leader of the uprising was this nobleman.	Henri de La Rochejaquelein	3%
Napoleon becomes first consul, this noble statesman becomes second consul.	Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres	3%
This French general conquers Rome and proclaims the Roman Republic five days later.	Louis-Alexandre Berthier	3%