French Revolution

In France, this parliamentary body comprised mostly of the nobility?

Estates General

In France, this leader began a reign of terror in which those suspected of opposing the revolution

were executed?

Maximilian Robespierre

This ambitious general claimed to be the true son of the revolution, he set up a military dictatorship, declared himself “Emperor of France”, and brought an end to the revolution?

Napoleon Bonaparte

An alliance led by England’s Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of ________ near

Brussels, Belgium, in 1815.

Waterloo

This group wanted to return things to the way they were before the French Revolution and Napoleon, complete

with class distinctions and special privileges?

Congress of Vienna

This person led the Congress of Vienna?

Metternich

179. Which group made up the majority of the French population?

a) First Estateb) Second Estatec) Third Estate

#183 The Estates–General was an assembly of the representatives from which three estates.

a) 1st

b) 2nd

c) 3rd

d) All of the above

#184 A clergyman named Abbe Seiyes suggested that their delegates name themselves the ________________ and pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people.

a) Estates General

b) National Assembly

c) Philisophesd) Hugenots

#185 The third estate found them locked out of the meeting room. They broke down the doors of an indoor tennis court and pledged to stay their until they finished drafting up a constitution. This pledge was called the

a) Glorious Revolution

b) Edict of Nantes

c) Tennis Court Oath

d) Declaration of Independence

#186. All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT…

a) Enlightenment Ideas

b) Representative Government

c) Harvest Failuresd) Failing Economy

#187. The period at the beginning of the French Revolution where peasants broke into homes through France was known as…

a) Reign of Terrorb) Great Fearc) Napoleonic

Warsd) The Directory

#188 The taking of the __________ became the symbolic act of revolution for the French people.

a) City of Paris

b) Versailles Palace

c) Windsor Palace

d) Bastille

#189. In 1793, King Louis XVI and Marine Antoinette were…

a) executedb) deported to

Englandc) returned to

the throned) saved from

the mob by Lafayette

#190 His rule became known as the Reign of Terror.

a) Voltaireb) Robespierrec) Louis XVId) Napoleon

Bonaparte

191. The Reign of Terror was imposed and controlled by the…

a) Second Coalition

b) National Assembly

c) Committee of Public Safety

d) King’s Swiss Guards

192. What is a coup d’état?

a) France’s Directory

b) A ruler with absolute power

c) The overthrow of a government

d) A vote of the people

This famous leader of France established a Code of Laws while he was in power?

Napoleon

193. What was the name of Napoleon’s system of laws?

a) Concordatb) Coup d’étatc) Continental

Systemd) Napoleonic Code

194. What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?

a) to punish England

b) to create a lasting peace

c) to create united France

d) to strengthen Germany

195. Who was the main leader of the Congress of Vienna?

a) Czar Alexander of Russia

b) Emperor Francis of Austria

c) King Frederick William III of Prussia

d) Klemens von Metternich of Austria

#1 Who led the Congress of Vienna?

a) Louis-Philippeb) Alexander IIc) Louis XVIIId) Klemens von

Metternich

#2 What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna

a) To determine how all of the European countries could eliminate both the monarchy and noble system.

b) To restore the old monarchies and territorial divisions that had existed before the French Revolution.

c) To raise money in the war effort against the Ottoman Empire.d) To elect a general to take on Napoleon Bonaparte.