Unit 3 Review Worksheet- Part I

The French Revolution

(Ch. 7; pp. 193-205)

Completion: Fill in the blanks with words or phrases that best completes the statements.

  1. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution was called the ______.
  1. The people in France were divided into three large ______, or estates.
  1. The 1st Estate was made up of the ______, which owned 10% of the land in France.
  1. The 2nd Estate was made up of ______, whose wealth was in the land and paid no taxes.
  1. About ______percent of the population belonged to the 3rd Estate.
  1. The ______, merchants and artisans, were well educated and believed strongly in the Enlightenment ideals of liberty and equality.
  1. More than 80% of the people in France were ______.
  1. The French king in 1789, ______, was a weak leader who paid little attention to governing.
  1. The queen, ______, was unpopular because she was Austrian and she spent large sums of money on food, clothes, and jewels.
  1. When the king tried to tax the nobles, the ______, forced him to call a meeting of the Estates-General.
  1. After the king called for the Estates-General to meet, problems broke out over ______.
  1. Instead of meeting with the other two estates, the delegates of the 3rd Estate voted to form a ______and pass laws and reforms in the name of the people.
  1. The delegates took a pledge, called the ______, promising to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
  1. When rumors started that foreign troops were coming to Paris to massacre French citizens, an angry mob stormed the ______in search of gunpowder.
  1. A senseless wave of panic, called the ______, swept the countryside and many peasants broke into nobles’ manors and tore up the old legal documents that bound them to pay feudal dues.
  1. On August 27, 1789, the National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals called the ______.
  1. The National Assembly lost the support of the ______when it sold off Church lands to pay off some of the debt.
  1. The Constitution of 1791 gave legislative power to a ______and left the executive power to the ______.
  1. In 1792, France went to war with ______and ______when those countries proposed that France put the king back on the throne.
  1. The king was tried for ______and executed by the ______.
  1. After the king’s death, Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government and tried to create a “______”.
  1. In the summer of 1793, Robespierre became the leader of the ______, which was created to identify “enemies of the republic”.
  1. The period of Robespierre’s rule has become known as the ______.
  1. Robespierre was finally forced from power by ______, who then had him executed.
  1. After Robespierre’s death, a new constitution was written that called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, called the ______.
  1. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the Mediterranean island of ______.
  1. Napoleon’s first chance for glory came when he defended delegates to the ______from attacking royalist rebels.
  1. In 1796, Napoleon won a series of victories in ______, which ended Austria’s threat to France.
  1. In 1799, the Directory was dissolved and Napoleon assumed dictatorial powers as the ______of the French Republic.
  1. A sudden seizure of power like Napoleon’s is known as a ______, or a “blow of state”.

Essay: Answer the following question completely. (Use a separate sheet of paper)

  1. List the three factions in the Legislative Assembly; describe where they sat and what their political views were. Then identify the groups on the extreme right and the extreme left and explain what they wanted to accomplish. Refer to pp. 198-199 (10 points)

Unit 3 Review Worksheet- Part II

The French Revolution

(Ch. 7: pp. 205-216 & Ch. 8: pp. 229-231)

1.  In 1800, a ______, or vote of the people, was held to approve a new constitution.

2.  In 1804, with the support of the French people, Napoleon was made the ______of France.

3.  As a result of the French army’s conquests in Europe, the rulers of ______, ______, and ______all signed peace treaties with France.

4.  In his war with the Third Coalition, the only major battle Napoleon lost was a naval defeat against the British at the ______.

5.  In 1806, Napoleon attempted to make Europe more self-sufficient through the use of what he termed the ______.

6.  Great Britain responded with a ______against France, which became the major cause of war between Great Britain and the United States.

7.  The Peninsular War was a war between France and Spanish ______.

8.  When Napoleon invaded Russian, the Russian army retreated toward Moscow and practiced a ______policy.

9.  Napoleon captured Moscow after winning the Battle of ______.

10.  The Grand Army of France entered Russia with 422,000 troops but only ______returned to France.

11.  Napoleon’s European enemies quickly took advantage, and defeated him at the German city of ______.

12.  Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne and then exiled to ______.

13.  After escaping from exile, Napoleon gathered volunteers from the French countryside and seized power from ______.

14.  Napoleon’s final defeat occurred at the Battle of ______.

15.  After the final defeat of Napoleon, the European powers held a series of meetings known as the ______.

16.  The MAIN goal of the governments that participated in these meetings was to establish ______and ______for the entire continent.

17.  Late in 1815, Austria and Prussia entered into a league called the ______.

18.  A series of alliances, called the ______, assured that nations would help one another if any revolutions broke out.

19.  One legacy of these agreements was a series of revolutions in ______.

20.  In the first half of the 1800s, ______argued for protecting the traditional monarchies of Europe, ______wanted to give more power to elected parliaments chosen by the educated and landowners, and ______favored drastic change to extend democracy to the people as a whole.

21.  The belief that one’s greatest loyalty should be to a nation of people who share a common culture and history is called ______.

22.  The first people to win self-rule during this period were the ______, who won their independence from the ______Empire.

23.  In ______, ethnic uprisings erupted throughout Europe.

24.  One French noble described ______as having the “plainness of dress and demeanor very suitable to ______”.

25.  In 1848, ______won the presidential election in France. Four years later he took the title of ______.

Short Answer: Answer the following questions completely (Use a separate sheet of paper, if necessary)

26.  List five goals of the French Revolution and describe specific actions Napoleon took to meet each of those goals. Refer to chart on p. 205 (10 points)

27.  List Metternich’s three goals of the Congress of Vienna, and explain the actions taken to meet those goals. Refer to CW #13 or pp. 213-214 (10 points)

Unit 3 Review Worksheet

The French Revolution (Ch. 7)

Completion: Fill in the blanks with words or phrases that best completes the statements.

  1. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution was called the ______.
  1. The 1st Estate was made up of the ______, which owned 10% of the land in France.
  1. The 2nd Estate was made up of ______, whose wealth was in the land and paid no taxes.
  1. About ______percent of the population belonged to the 3rd Estate.
  1. The ______, merchants and artisans, were well educated and believed strongly in the Enlightenment ideals of liberty and equality.
  1. More than 80% of the people in France were ______.
  1. The French king in 1789, ______, was a weak leader who paid little attention to governing.
  1. The queen, ______, was unpopular because she was Austrian and she spent large sums of money on food, clothes, and jewels.
  1. When the king tried to tax the nobles, the ______, forced him to call a meeting of the Estates-General.
  1. After the king called for the Estates-General to meet, problems broke out over ______.
  1. Instead of meeting with the other two estates, the delegates of the 3rd Estate voted to form a ______and pass laws and reforms in the name of the people.
  1. The delegates took a pledge, called the ______, promising to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
  1. When rumors started that foreign troops were coming to Paris to massacre French citizens, an angry mob stormed the ______in search of gunpowder.
  1. A senseless wave of panic, called the ______, swept the countryside and many peasants broke into nobles’ manors and tore up the old legal documents that bound them to pay feudal dues.
  1. On August 27, 1789, the National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals called ______.
  1. The National Assembly lost the support of the ______when it sold off Church lands to pay off some of the debt.
  1. The Constitution of 1791 gave legislative power to a ______and left the executive power to the ______.
  1. In 1792, France went to war with ______and ______when those countries proposed that France put the king back on the throne.
  1. The king was tried for ______and executed by the ______.
  1. After the king’s death, Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government and tried to create a “______”.
  1. In the summer of 1793, Robespierre became the leader of the ______, which was created to identify “enemies of the republic”.
  1. The period of Robespierre’s rule has become known as the ______.
  1. Robespierre was finally forced from power by ______, who then had him executed.
  1. After Robespierre’s death, a new constitution was written that called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, called the ______.
  1. Napoleon’s first chance for glory came when he defended delegates to the ______from attacking royalist rebels.
  1. In 1796, Napoleon won a series of victories in ______, which ended Austria’s threat to France.
  1. In 1799, the Directory was dissolved and Napoleon assumed dictatorial powers as the ______of the French Republic.
  1. A sudden seizure of power like Napoleon’s is known as a ______, or a “blow of state”.
  1. In 1800, a ______, or vote of the people, was held to approve a new constitution.
  1. In 1804, with the support of the French people, Napoleon was made the ______of France.
  1. As a result of the French army’s conquests in Europe, the rulers of ______, ______, and ______all signed peace treaties with France.
  1. In 1806, Napoleon attempted to make Europe more self-sufficient through the use of what he termed the ______.
  1. Great Britain responded with a ______against France, which became the major cause of war between Great Britain and the United States.
  1. The Peninsular War was a war between France and Spanish ______.
  1. When Napoleon invaded Russia, the Russian army retreated toward Moscow and practiced a ______policy.
  1. Napoleon captured Moscow after winning the Battle of ______.
  1. The Grand Army of France entered Russia with 422,000 troops but only ______returned to France.
  1. Napoleon’s European enemies quickly took advantage, and defeated him at the German city of ______.
  1. Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne and then exiled to ______.
  1. After escaping from exile, Napoleon gathered volunteers from the French countryside and seized power from ______.
  1. Napoleon’s final defeat occurred at the Battle of ______.
  1. After the final defeat of Napoleon, the European powers held a series of meetings known as the ______.
  1. The MAIN goal of the governments that participated in these meetings was to establish ______and ______for the entire continent.
  1. A series of alliances, called the ______, assured that nations would help one another if any revolutions broke out.
  1. One legacy of these agreements was a series of revolutions in ______.

Short Answer: Answer the following questions completely (Use separate sheet of paper if necessary)

  1. List the three factions in the Legislative Assembly; describe where they sat and what their political views were. Then identify the groups on the extreme right and the extreme left and explain what they wanted to accomplish. Refer to pp. 223-224 (5 points)
  1. List Metternich’s three goals of Congress of Vienna and explain the actions taken to meet those goals. Refer to pp. 238-239 (5 points)