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French Revolution (Crash Course)
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1. What three rights are supposedly guaranteed (but are actually not) under the new government?

2. What is the name of the French parliament under the ancien régime?

3. Why does the Assembly vote to execute Louis?

4. Ironically, France went from an ________________________ style of government under the king, to a democracy during the Revolution, and right back again to the same style of government it had before the Revolution.

5. Who leads the Committee of Public Safety which ends up executing thousands of people?

6. France had several kings after the revolution, but these kings operated under a ________________________ monarchy system, which means that Parliament had most of the power (like in England).

7. Although the French Revolution was a mess, but it's ___changed human history.

8. When the king tries to clamp down on food riots, what prison do the mobs in Paris attack?

9. The French economic system under the ancien régime sucked because the ____classes never paid any real taxes.

10. Why was France so deep in debt?

11. In 1799, France's greatest war hero was given what new grand title?

12. How did the revolution radically change how time was measured?

13. Why does France invade Austria?

14. Which 'wing' or political faction of the revolutionary government wanted more radical reforms including turning France into a republic?

15. What demand did the members of the famous Womens' March on Versailles make on the king and queen?

16. What is the Declaration of Pillnitz?

17. King Louis XVI is married to ______ an Austrian princess

18. France was able to defeat England, Prussia and Austria because of which great general?

19. Why is the guillotine as seen as something that somehow promoted equality?

20. When the king shuts down the national parliament, where do they meet instead?

21. Which enlightened writer is telling people to dump the old ways of thinking especially regarding religion?

22. Why was there widespread hunger in France?

23. What type of people make up each of the three Estates?

24. What radical step does the National Assembly take on August 4, 1789?

25. What foundational document lays out the new enlightened rights of every male citizen?