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The French Revolution - Basics

Can you answer these questions about the French Revolution?
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Last updated: February 28, 2024
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Clergy = officials working for the _______
church
Who became "First Consul" in 1799, then Emperor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
The 3rd estate wanted less _______
tax
After the revolution, Napoleon ruled as an _________
Emperor
What device was used to behead them?
Guillotine
What does "fraternity" mean?
Brotherhood
In which decade did most of the Revolution occur?
1790
The city where most of it happened
Paris
What did that queen supposedly say that people should eat if they had no bread?
Cake
What Charles Dickens novel is set in London and Paris during the
time of the French Revolution?
A Tale of Two Cities
What prison was stormed in 1789?
Bastille
France was out of money after helping the __________ Revolution
American
When the king refused to meet, the people met without him at the
Tennis Court
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?
Clergy
On what day of the year was that prison attacked?
July 14
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?
Commoners
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?
Nobility
A widespread food shortage
famine
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?
Marie Antoinette
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?
Louis XVI
The three social classes were called "The Three _________"
Estates
Marie Antoinette's home country
Austria
A group of peasant ____________ invaded the Palace in Versailles looking for grain.
women
Who led the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
A government ruled by a king or a queen
Monarchy
What is name of the period (1793 - 94) in which thousands were executed?
The Reign of Terror
What revolutionary motto, first uttered in 1790, is still the national motto of France?
Liberté, egalité, fraternité
What small group led France during the terror?
Committee of Public Safety
When the 1st and 2nd Estates needed money, they taxed the _________ estate.
3rd
Napoleon used this same title as the "Presidents" of the Roman Republic
consul
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