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Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution
Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution
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1
Which was not a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?
stick it to the British
needed the money
cut his losses in America
punish sugar growers in Saint Dominique
2
What is the group of social critics called in Enlightenment France?
sans culottes
philosophers
philosophes
Huguenots
3
What was the direct result of the women storming Versailles?
King and Queen were brought to Paris
lowered bread prices
Louis and Marie Antoinette were assassinated
women won the right to vote
4
Isaac Newton explained
chemical makeup of matter
anatomy of the human body
heliocentric theory
law of gravity
5
The belief by absolute monarchs that they are God's representative on earth
divine right
absolutism
mandate of heaven
enlightenment
6
What is the assembly of representatives from all three Estates
Parliament
Estates-Grande
National Assembly
Estates-General
7
The National Assembly adopted a document that stated that men are born equal and remain free...
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Napoleonic Code
Holy Alliance
Declaration of Independence
8
What percentage of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estate
97%
50%
10%
3%
9
Why did the Estates-General meet for the first time in 175 years?
overthrowing King Louis XVI
relieving the tax burden on the 3rd Estate
distress over food shortages
proposed taxes on the nobility
10
Which scientist was tried as a heretic and wasn't exonerated by the Church until recently?
Isaac Newton
Kepler
Copernicus
Galileo
11
Who was the last king of France?
Louis XIV
Henry of Navarre
Louis XVI
Henry VIII
12
What even politically and symbolically started the French Revolution?
period known as the Great Fear
Louis leaving Versailles for the last time
execution of Louis XVI
storming the Bastille
13
Who advocated for the education of women?
Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean-Paul Marat
14
Who believed that all men are born free and equal with rights to life, liberty and property?
John Locke
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Robespierre
15
What is a coup d'etat?
sudden seizure of political power
blockade in French
French protestants
Group of French revolutionaries who wore long pants
16
What ideas did the Enlightenment promote?
equality
faith in science
more secular ideas
all of these
17
During the Reign of Terror, what group decided who should be judged an enemy of the republic?
National Assembly
Continental System
Directory
Committee of Public Safety
18
Who was a newspaper editor and called for the deaths of anyone who supported monarchy?
Rousseau
Jean-Paul Marat
Robespierre
Voltaire
19
Who made up the First Estate?
peasants and the working poor
nobility
middle class and property owners
clergy
20
A time when the no one was safe from the guillotine in France is called...
Reign of Terror
the National Razor
The Great Fear
Bastille of Fear
21
Which of the following was not an accomplishment of Napoleon?
set up government run public schools
fairer tax system
granted women the right to vote
comprehensive set of laws
22
Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?
English blockade of France
Napoleon crowning himself emperor
the power of Catholic Church left unchecked
food scarcity
23
Where was Napoleon exiled to and escaped from?
Marsaille
St. Helena
Corsica
Elba
24
Which of these men promoted a theory of government that is contradictory to democracy?
John Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
25
Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety?
Danton
Robespierre
Jacobins
Napoleon
