Socials 9- the French Revolution: Test Unit 2

Who was the "Sun King" and built Versailles?

King Louis XIV

What type of government did Louis XIV represent?

Absolute monarchy

What major problem increased under King Louis XV?

France's debt grew worse

Who was the king executed during the French Revolution?

King Louis XVI

Why was Louis XVI unpopular?

He was indecisive and failed to fix the financial crisis

Why was Marie Antoinette disliked?

Seen as extravagant and out of touch

Who was Marie Antoinette's mother?

Empress Maria Theresa

What alliance did the Louis-MA marriage strengthen?

France-Austria alliance

Who inspired ideas of rights and equality?

Enlightenment thinkers

What Enlightenment ideas influenced the Revolution?

Liberty, equality, natural rights

Who was Louis XVI's popular finance minister?

Jacques Necker

Why was Jacques Necker fired?

He proposed taxing the rich

Who led the Reign of Terror?

Maximilien Robespierre

Who was executed by Robespierre?

Georges Danton

Who took power in a coup and became emperor?

Napoleon Bonaparte

What legal system promoted equality before the law?

Napoleonic Code

What wars expanded French territory under Napoleon?

Napoleonic Wars

What caused Napoleon's fall?

Military defeat and exile

What riots showed unrest about bread prices?

Flour Wars

What scandal damaged Marie Antoinette's reputation?

Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Which war put France in debt but inspired change?

American Revolution

What caused tension between the estates?

Class conflict

Why was the Estates General called in 1789?

To solve the financial crisis

What promise was made in the Tennis Court Oath?

To write a new constitution

What event on July 14 marked the revolution's start?

Storming of the Bastille

Why did peasants panic during the Great Fear?

Rumors that nobles planned attacks

What document declared equality and rights?

Declaration of the Rights of Man

What event forced the king to Paris?

Women's March on Versailles

Which radical group took control?

Jacobins

What group enforced laws during the Terror?

Committee of Public Safety

What period saw mass executions?

Reign of Terror

What government ruled after the Terror?

The Directory

Who were nobles who fled France?

Emigrés

What is a sudden government takeover called?

Coup d'état

What government replaced the monarchy in 1792?

National Convention

What government limited the king's power in 1791?

Constitutional Monarchy

What system divided people into three classes?

The Estates

Who were the working-class radicals?

Sans-culottes

What crime was Louis XVI charged with?

Treason

What device symbolized revolutionary justice?

Guillotine

What law punished hoarding and price-raising?

Decree Against Profiteers

What law allowed arrest based on suspicion?

Law of Suspects

What movement reduced Church influence?

De-Christianization

What was France's old system before 1789?

Ancien Régime

What title was given to the heir to the throne?

Dauphin

What does "betrothed" mean?

Promised to be married

What class included merchants and professionals?

Bourgeoisie

What palace symbolized royal wealth and power?

Versailles

What was Marie Antoinette's private estate?

Petit Trianon

What were the high courts resisting royal laws?

Parlements

Who were Enlightenment writers promoting equality?

Philosophes

Who were the paid foreign soldiers used by the king?

Mercenaries