The Reign of Terror
In this lesson, we will learn about how the French Revolution became a bloodbath. We will learn how the hope and joy of 1789 was put at risk by foreign invasion and enemies within. We will see how, in this atmosphere, the French Revolutionaries turned on each other and thousands were executed.
The Reign of Terror
In this lesson, we will learn about how the French Revolution became a bloodbath. We will learn how the hope and joy of 1789 was put at risk by foreign invasion and enemies within. We will see how, in this atmosphere, the French Revolutionaries turned on each other and thousands were executed.
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- In this lesson, we will learn about how the French Revolution became a bloodbath. We will learn how the hope and joy of 1789 was put at risk by foreign invasion and "enemies within". We will see how, in this atmosphere, the French Revolutionaries turned on each other and thousands were executed.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What was the name of the important meeting where Louis XVI hoped to make decisions about how France should deal with its debt and taxation problems?
Representatives of the Third Estate
The Third Estate
The Three Estates
Q2.
Which of the following events was led by the sans culottes of Paris?
Calling the Estates General
The Tennis Court Oath
Writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Q3.
What does 'constitution' mean?
A country ruled by a monarch and a parliament
A country where the people are sovereign
A system of government where a President rather than a monarch rules
Q4.
Which of the following became a slogan of the French revolutionaries?
"Long live the king"
"No taxation without representation"
"Peace, land and bread"
Q5.
Which of the following events was led by bourgeois representatives of the Third Estate?
Calling the Estates General
Storming the Bastille
Women's march on Versailles
5 Questions
Q1.
Marie Antoinette's brother was the ruler of which country?
Great Britain
Russia
The United States of America
Q2.
Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen?
Charlotte Corday
Marie Antoinette
Maximilien Robespierre
Q3.
Which machine was used to carry out official executions during the Reign of Terror?
Mob violence
The Printing Press
The separation of powers
Q4.
Which social group was most involved in mob violence in Paris?
The aristocracy
The clergy
The peasantry
Q5.
What name is given to the period of the French Revolution when thousands of people were executed for being 'enemies of the Revolution.'
The Ancien Regime
The constitutional monarchy
The Republic of Virtue