French Revolution

Question 0

2nd estate

Answer 0

• Nobles
• About 400,000 people
• Had power over peasants
• Wealthy landowners/advisors/generals
• Looked down on third estate

Question 1

1st estate

Answer 1

• The clergy
• About 100,000 people
• Ran schools + hospitals
• Owned over 10% of land
• Very powerful

Question 2

3rd estate

Answer 2

• Remaining 95% of population
• Commoners
• Poor workers/peasants
• Rich, educated members called bourgeoisie

Question 3

Causes of the French Revolutions

Answer 3

• American Rev. influenced the French.
• People hate the queen.
• The third estate paid more than other estates.
• Enlightenment writers were influential and disagreed with powerful kings.
• France was bankrupt and wanted nobles to pay more. This led to Estates General, with its unfair voting system.

Question 4

Estates general

Answer 4

A parliament that contained representatives of the three estates.

Question 5

National assembly

Answer 5

What the people of the third estate called themselves when they broke away from the Estates General.

Question 6

National Guard.

Answer 6

The army of the National Assembly

Question 7

The Bastille

Answer 7

A prison where people who annoyed/criticised the king were sent.

Question 8

Tennis court oath

Answer 8

The swore that the National Assembly made, saying they would continue meeting until their demands were met.

Question 9

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Answer 9

A law passed by the National Assembly that gave the ordinary people of France more rights and freedoms.

Question 10

Slogan of the revolutionaries

Answer 10

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Question 11

National Convention

Answer 11

The name of the French parliament during the Reign of Terror.

Question 12

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 12

A committee of 12 members led by Robespierre set up to protect the revolution

Question 13

Reign of Terror

Answer 13

What Robespierre’s rule of France was called.

Question 14

Law of Suspects

Answer 14

A law passed in 1793 that set up a Revolutionary Tribunal to try anyone suspected of treason.

Question 15

The Sans-Culottes

Answer 15

The poor people of France who supported the revolution.

Question 16

The Directory

Answer 16

A more moderate government that came to power after the Reign of Terror.

Question 17

Consequences of the French Revolution

Answer 17

• Many people in Europe agreed with the aims of Liber, Equality, and Fraternity and demanded that kings and queens share power with the people.
• The tricolour flag and the metric system of weights and measures were introduced.
• A new national anthem, the Marseillaise, was adopted. (This is the current national anthem today)
• Inspired by the Revolution, people like Wolfe Tone hoped to spread revolutionary ideas to Ireland.
• Many rulers were afraid that the revolution would spread to their countries and tried to prevent it.
• The Reign of Terror shocked many people and this lost a lot of support for the revolution in other countries.
• War broke out in Europe.