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French Revolution (Crash Course)
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French Revolution (Crash Course)
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1. Although the French Revolution was a mess, but it's ___changed human history.

2. Why was France so deep in debt?

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

4. Why does the Assembly vote to execute Louis?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. Why was there widespread hunger in France?

14. What is the Declaration of Pillnitz?

15. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. What three rights are supposedly guaranteed (but are actually not) under the new government?

24. Why does France invade Austria?

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