Test on French Rev. on Monday: Posted Here!

1. 1.Describe the 3 estates.  What were the problems of the 3rd estate.
2. 2.Who were the King and Queen?
3. 3.In which estate were the ‘sans culottes’?  Why did they choose this name?
4. 4.When and why did the people of Paris Storm of the Bastille? 
5. 5.What was the National Assembly? When the 3rd estate wanted to change the voting system, What was King Louis’ response??
6. 6.What was the Tennis Court Oath?
7. 7.Give the date and main ideas of the Declaration of Man.  Who was Olympia de Gouges?    What did she write and why?
8. 8.Why did the women march on Versailles?
9. 9.Describe the roles of Robespierre and Marat in the Revolution.
10. 10.Why were the King, and then the Queen guillotined? 
11. 11.When and What was the Reign of Terror?  What committee was in charge and What was the purpose of the Terror?  What groups (besides the king and queen ) and how many were killed?
12. 12.Why did Austria and England and other nations attack France at this time?
13. 13.Was the Revolution a success?  Explain why or why not.
14. 14.What was the Republic of Virtue?
15. 15.Why was Robespierre beheaded in 1794?!

Take Home:  Essential Questions.  Choose your topic sentence and explain in a paragraph with 4-5 details/evidence.

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Ex. It was necessary to use violence against a king and queen in the French Revolution.

Ex. The F. Rev was a success because of violence, without it nothing would have changed.

Ex. People should use violence to protect their rights when diplomacy fails.

Ex. Violence during the French Revolution was not necessary.  A limited Constitutional Monarchy could have succeeded and saved lives.