Review: French Revolution Name:______

Review: French Revolution Name:______

1. What was the “Old Regime”? What institutions were part of the Old Regime?

2. Answer with 1st, 2nd or 3rd (estates):

Clergy:______“Gift” of 2% but no taxes:____ Held all offices:_____

Commoners:_____ Paid NO taxes:______98% of France:_____

Nobles:______Paid corvee:______1% of France:_____

Owned 20% of land:_____ Paid tithe:______2% of France:_____

Owned 10% of land:_____ Paid feudal taxes:_____ Bourgeoisie:______

Sans-culottes:______peasants:______Man food was bread:____

Paid royal taxes:______

3. Give three reasons why the French revolted in 1789:

4. Give four reasons why the French economy was failing in 1789:

5. Why did Louis 16th call a meeting of the Estates General in 1789?

6. What demand did the third estate make as the Estates General met?

7. Who encouraged the Third Estate to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people?

8. When the king locked out the third estate, they met at a ______and called themselves the:

______

9. King Louis 16th ordered for all 3 estates to meet together, but also called upon Swiss guards to march toward Paris to break up the National Assembly.

Parisians stormed the ______in order to get gunpowder to defend themselves.

On what date did this happen?______

What is significant about the storming and destruction of this building?

10. What was the Great Fear of 1789?

11. Who demanded that the king and queen leave Versailles and move to Paris? Why were they angry?

12. What document was adopted by the National Assembly?

13. List at least four rights included in the document:

14. By 1791, the National Assembly created a constitution. What type of government was the new constitution?

List three changes to the Catholic Church under the Constitution of 1791:

15. The National Assembly stepped down after writing the Constitution. What elected body now governed France?

16. The new government faced war with what TWO nations in 1792 ?______

17. In 1792, the new government gave up on the idea of a constitutional monarchy. What government now took over France?

List 3 actions by this government:

18. What political party controlled France at this time?______

Name the most influential three leaders of this party:

Who was the editor of “The People’s Friend”?______

19. Robespierre was in power for one year. List facts about Robespierre and his reign:

The Committee of ______judged who was an enemy of the revolution and executed them the same day.

20. Why did a coalition of Britain- Austria- Prussia-Spain and Portugal declare war on France in the Fall of 1792?

21. By 1795, the French people tired of violence. A new government was formed, called:

This government found a general to defeat France’s enemies. He was:______

USING A HIGHLIGHTER, MARK ALL FIVE GOVERNMENTS THAT RULED FRANCE FROM 1789 TO 1795. START WITH LOUIS 16TH.