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1. Put in order the phases of the French Revolution
A
National Assembly (89)- Parliamentary Monarchy (89-92)- First Republic (92-95)- Directory (95-99)
B
Parliamentary Monarchy (89)- Directory (89-91) - National Assembly (92-95)- First Republic (95-99)
C
First Republic (89)- Directory (89-91)- Parliamentary Monarchy (92-95) - National Assembly (95-99)
2. Who was the name of the king in France?
A
Louis XVI
B
François I
C
Henry II
3. What country had recently became independent and declared itself a democratic republic?
A
Holland
B
USA
C
United Kingdom
4. What was the name of the cultural movement which inspired the French Revolution?
A
Enlightenment
B
Baroque
C
Renaissance
5. Why the Third Estate was so discontent with the Ancien Régime?
A
It paid taxes meanwhile the Nobility and the Clergy don't
B
They wanted to abolish the Monarchy
C
Both members of the Third State, the bourgeoisie and the peasants, hated each other
6. What are the reason the king was forced to call the Estates General?
A
He wanted to declare war on United Kingdom
B
France was in bankruptcy and the king needed money
C
He wanted to reform France after having read the complaints of the French people
7. What were the General Estates?
A
The meeting of representatives of the three estates
B
The meeting of the most powerful members of the kingdom
C
The meeting of the representatives of the French provinces
8. What did the members of the Third Estate did when the king refused to change the way of voting?
A
They declared war on the king
B
They accepted the old system and the Ancien Régimen kept on
C
They proclaimed themselves the only legitimate representatives of French Nation (National Assembly)
9. What did the people of Paris when their representatives proclaimed themselves "National Assembly"?
A
They beheaded the king with the guillotine
B
They stormed the prison of the Bastille, symbol of French monarchy
C
They stayed at home, waiting for the result of General Estates
10. What is the main document of French Revolution?
A
The Declaration of Man and Citizen
B
The death sentence agaisnt the king
C
The Constitucion of 1791
11. Why the king was killed in 1791?
A
He consipired with the European monarchies (enemies of France) to restore absolutism
B
He was accused of economic corruption
C
His brother conspired against him to become king of France
12. What was the name of the two political parties during the First Republic (The Convention)?
A
Jacobins-Gironds
B
Gironds-Thermidorians
C
Napoleonics-Royalists
13. What was the characteristics of the Jacobin gouvernement?
A
It was led by Robespierre and it was called "The Red Terror" because of the violence
B
It was led by Marat and it was a moderate gouvernment
C
It was led by the people and and it was known by the anarchy
14. How the French Revolution came to an end?
A
Napoleon Bonaparte took power through a coup-d-état in 1799 and proclamed the Consulate
B
There was a civil war and and the King's son, Louis XV, come back to power
C
France was invaded by the absolutist monarchies