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WHH Ch.11 French Revolution and Napoleon Test

1. The chief concern of 18th century monarchs was maintaining the a. b. c. d. Balance of trade Balance of war Balance of nature Balance of power

2. The radical revolution that emerged in 1793 was lead by all of the following individuals except a. b. c. d. Danton Marat Robespierre Olympe de Gouges

3. The men elected to represent the third estate in the Estates General were primarily? a. b. c. d. lawyers and government officials soldiers business sans-culottes

4. What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution? a. Frances financial crisis b. The threat of foreign invasion c. The oppressive old regime d. Desire for better representation 5. Napoleon instituted the Continental System with the hopes of a. b. c. d. Defeating Britain through legal processes Defeating Russia through continental invasion Forging a unified European nation Defeating Britain through economic warfare

6. The Committee of Public Safety was established to? a. b. c. d. negotiate a military alliance with England provide the nation with a new, liberal monarchy combat the dual threat of internal rebellion/counter-revolutionaries and foreign invasion train a new generation of intendants who were more loyal to the bourgeoisie government in power in 1794

7. Prior to Louis XVI calling the Estates-General to meet in 1789, they had last met in the year a. 1614 b. 1788 c. 1668 d. 1689

8. After his final defeat, Napoleon was exiled to a. b. c. d. Elba Leipzig St.Helena Corsica

9. Which of the following groups in France were most opposed to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy? a. b. c. d. Jacobins Liberals Deists Peasants

10. Robespierre believed that the Terror would create good citizens, or a a. b. c. d. Republic of democracy Republic of citizens Republic of virtue Republic of civil duty

11. What significant event of the revolution occurred on July 14, 1789? a. The Tennis Court Oath b. The storming of the Bastille c. The National Assembly d. Napoleon seizes power 12. The conservative government that came to power after the Thermidorean Reaction? a. b. c. d. restricted free trade in an effort to replenish the state treasury supported the most radical ideas of the revolutionary era restored social stability without sacrificing the ideals of 1789 ordered that mobs caught intimidating legislatures be attacked by the army

13. The new French government took control of the Catholic Church in France with the passing of the a. Concordant of 1801 b. Constitution of Year III c. Declarations of the Rights of Man and Citizen d. Civil Constitution of the Clergy 14. On June 17, 1789 the Third Estate a. left the Estates-General and declared itself the National Assembly b. left the Estates-General and declared itself the Directory c. Executed the king and declared France a republic d. Met with the monarchy to discuss and new government for France

15. The fate of Louis XVI divided the National Convention into two factions, the a. b. c. d. Girondins and the Mountain Mountain and the Jacobins Jacobins and the Girondins Girondins and the Committee of Public Safety

16. Which government was established after the overthrow of the Directory to bring political satiability and strengthen Napoleon's executive power? a. b. c. d. French Empire Consulate National Assembly National Convention

17. Napoleons most significant domestic achievement was the unification of French law into the a. b. c. d. Civil Code Concordant of 1801 Continental System First Consulate

18. What was the French legal system enacted in 1804 containing the details for French civil, commercial, and criminal war? a. b. c. d. Napoleonic Code Civil Code Civil Code of 1804 All of the above

19. What event ended the Reign of Terror on July 28, 1794? a. b. c. d. The execution of Marat The execution of Louis XVI The execution of Danton The Execution of Robespierre

20. Within his empire, Napoleon sought to spread all of the following principles of the Revolution except a. b. c. d. Religious toleration Legal equality Feudal obligations Economic freedom

21. In order to enforce the continental system and force Great Britain out of the war, Napoleon invaded a. b. c. d. Portugal Spain Russia All of the above

22. I am the revolution The above quote is attributed to a. b. c. d. Robespierre Napoleon Wellington Pitt

23. What was the Second Estate? a. The nobility b. The monarchy c. The clergy d. The peasants 24. What new nation composed of 16 German states that accepted French presence in southern Germany, and promised to support Napoleon if war broke out? It also ended the Holy Roman Empire. a. b. c. d. Batavia Confederation of the Rhine Duchy of Warsaw The Piedmont

25. The radical sans-culottes of Paris were a. poor merchants and artisans b. wealthy merchants and artisans c. radical members of the National Assembly d. wealthy nobles and politicians 26. Liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. This passage can be found in the a. Declaration of Independence b. Civil Constitution of the Clergy c. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen d. Tennis Court Oath 27. Who was the leader of the English fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar? a. b. c. d. Wellington Nelson Kutosov Charles

28. In 1801 Napoleon made an agreement with the Pope that a. b. c. d. recognized Catholicism but did not return church lands to the Pope recognized Protestantism but did not return church lands to the Pope recognized Catholicism and returned church lands to the Pope recognized Catholicism with Napoleon as Pope

29. Napoleons sudden return to France and to power was ended with his defeat at the battle of a. b. c. d. Waterloo Trafalgar Leipzig Borodino

30. The greatest loser of the Seven Years War was A. B. C. D. France Great Britain Prussia Russia

31. Who was the foreign minister of Austria who helped to manage and control the agreement made by European nations in the Congress of Vienna? a. b. c. d. Metternich Talleyrand Pitt Betheir

32. The wars of the 18th century saw the emergence of the international rivalry between France and A. B. C. D. Great Britain Prussia Austria Russia

33. Which European nation assisted the American colonists during the revolution? a. b. c. d. Prussia France Austria Spain

34. What was the Estates General? a. b. c. d. French political institution that reflected the class structure of the country Social classes created by Napoleon Frances parliament that came to power during the revolution Medieval political institution that was stationed in the Bastille

35. The prime minister of Great Britain during the early Napoleonic Wars was a. b. c. d. Horatio Nelson William Pitt Arthur Wellington Winston Churchill

36. The radical political party that controlled France during the Reign of Terror was called the. a. b. c. d. Jacobins Committee of Public Safety The Mountain The Girondin

37. Which members of Parisian society during the Revolution put Robespierre and the Committee in power? a. b. c. d. Radicals Bourgeoisie Sans-culottes Girondin

38. Place the following governments of revolutionary France in chronological order I. II. III. IV. a. b. c. d. The Directory The National Assembly The National Convention The Legislative Assembly I, II, III, IV II, IV, I, III II, IV, III, I IV, II, III, I

39. Napoleons greatest victory occurred at the battle of a. b. c. d. Ulm Marengo Leipzig Austerlitz

40. The Constitution of the Year VIII a. b. c. d. Made Napoleon Emperor of the French Empire Dissolved the Directory and placed the Bourbons in power Dissolved the Directory and made Napoleon First Consul Made peace with Great Britain and sold Louisiana to the United States

41. The Thermidorian Reaction accomplished all of the following except a. b. c. d. Allowed Catholicism to return to France Ended the Reign of Terror Placed the monarchy back on the throne Created the Directory

42. The Tennis Court Oath was a. b. c. d. A promise by the National Assembly to draft a constitution A promise by the National Convention to draft a constitution A promise by Napoleon to draft a constitution A promise by Louis XVI to draft a constitution

43. This piece of legislation made those who pledged swear allegiance to the state above all other political, religious, or social obligations. a. b. c. d. Constitution of 1791 Civil Constitution of the Clergy Organic Articles Civil Code

44. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed?

a. b. c. d.

no new taxes abolition of the monarchy universal manhood suffrage security of property

45. The greatest number of victims under "The Terror" (1793-1794) were from which social group?
a. b. c. d.

Clergy Nobility Foreigners Peasants

46. The term "Great Fear" refers to

a. b. c. d.

the horrific retreat of the French Army from Russia in 1812 panic in the countryside that fanned the flames of rebellion Use of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror murder of thousands of enemies of the Revolution in the prisons

47. How did Napoleon deal with the Holy Roman Empire? he replaced the empire with the Confederation of the Rhine he annexed the southwestern states to France and created a Northern German Confederation under the leadership of his brother c. he crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor d. he installed his own candidate as Holy Roman Emperor
a. b.

48. Which country was NOT ruled by a member of the Bonaparte family during the first decade of the 19c?
a. b. c. d.

Spain Poland Holland Prussia

49. The new Republican calendar of 1793?

a. b. c. d.

was kept until Napoleon's defeat in 1815 was well received by most of the people was part of an effort at de-christianization named days and months after former kings

50. On June 20, 1789 the Third Estate took this pledge that they would remain assembled until a constitution had been written. a. b. c. d. Concordant of 1789 Organic Articles Tennis Court Oath Legislative Oath