1. How did the population boom affect France in the 18th century? 2. What was the Age of Enlightenment? 3. Why did King Louis XVI convene the Estates-General in 1788? 4. What were the three estates of the Estates-General? 5. What was the Tennis Court Oath? 6. How did peasants react to the storming of the Bastille? 7. What rights are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen? 8. Why did women lead a march to Versailles in October 1789? 9. What forces inside and outside of France opposed the Revolution? 10. How did the 1791 Constitution affect the power of Louis XVI? 11. Who were the Girondin? 12. What was the Committee of Public Safety? 13. How did Robespierre justify the Reign of Terror? 14. What was the Directory? 15. How did Napoleon become the leader of France?
16.Why did the French King convene the Estates General in 1789? A. The French government had a budget crisis. B. Austria was about to invade France. C. People were rioting in the streets because they were hungry. D. The Enlightenment had shown his the value of a constitutional monarchy.
17. When the King resist the demands of the Third Estate in 1789, the Third Estate declared itself _____. A. The Directory B. The National Assembly C. The National Convention D. The Senate
18. Why did the King's attempt to escape France in 1791 fail? A. People were rioting in the streets of Paris and there was no way out of the city. B. A guard recognized the King from his picture on French money. C. He was dressed in royal clothing. D. Secret agents found out about the plan and warned the police.
19. Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety? A. Marie Antoinette B. Jean Jacques Rousseau C. Henri Jacobin D. Maximillien Robespierre
20. Who was the leader who saved France from the turmoil of the Directory? A. Voltaire B. Robespierre C. King Louis XVII D. Napoleon