Review: La Révolution française, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

Question 1

The National Assembly voted to execute Louis XIV by just a one vote majority

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True

Question 2

What was the "Tennis Court Oath" about?

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happened when the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, coincided with food riots in Paris, commoners persevere until they get a Constitution with citizens' rights

Question 3

Which group led a march to Versailles which ousted the Royal family, based on a rumour food was being hoarded there?

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urban market-women

Question 4

A key change made by Napoleon, as "First Consul" in 1801, was

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re-establishing the Catholic Church in France

Question 5

A new military practice that motivated Napoléon to serve in revolutionary France's army thus changing history) was

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you didn't have to be a Nobleman to rise through the ranks

Question 6

How many died by execution during "La Terreur"?

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16,000 - 40,000

Question 7

By the way, this painting by Watteau, accurately shows how close the battle was to the Pyramids

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False

Question 8

The "Jacobins" were different from most who sought change in France in 1789, in that...

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they wanted to do away with the Monarchy altogether

Question 9

Unlike Republicans' (in the US) position today, the Republicans in Revolutionary France sat on the left of the Assembly

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True

Question 10

Who is this person and why does she deserve to be remembered?

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She was an author and daughter of a butcher, It's Olympe de Gouges, who wrote "Declaration of the Rights of Women", 1791

Question 11

France's main motivation in letting Napoleon lead a military campaign to Egypt was

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to disrupt an English trade route to India

Question 12

Napoleon seized absolute power in France as a result of an armed military coup.

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False

Question 13

A fundamental change brought about by the French Revolution was that it normalized the notion that

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laws are formed by a consensus of legally equal citizens not noble decree, a nation is represented by a set of values instead of by a ruler

Question 14

What is the truest statement about this image?

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unlike the US Constitution, this document was integral to Constitution

Question 15

This painting, entitled "3rd May, 1808"

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depicts the brutality of French rule in Spain, is by Francisco Goya

Question 16

The lesson of the Estates General debacle: "legislatures should reflect demographically the populations they represent "

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True

Question 17

Who is this person and why does she deserve to be remembered?

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Mary Wollstonecraft, author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", compared uneducated women to the aristocracy: simpering and manipulative, advocated education for women so they could be forthright and skilled, English journalist who witnessed the revolution

Question 18

The French Revolution inspired non-white populations to fight for their rights including in the French colony of...

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Haïti

Question 19

This philosopher (who?) of the Enlightenment critiqued "man's self-caused immaturity, especially in matters of _____"

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Kant: "religion"

Question 20

As emperor, Napoléon encouraged comparisons between France and ancient Rome; women's fashion echoed this in a style ...

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... called "Empire", ... which freed women from wearing corsets

Question 21

Assess what author (& amateur historian) John Green says regarding the outcome of the French Revolution & Napoleon:

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True

Question 22

The Napoleonic Code ...

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clarified laws governing citizenship, family and property, standardized laws across France

Question 23

To avert a crisis, Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. Which description of it (the EG) is the best one?

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All these descriptions are accurate, but you forgot the Clergy (Estate 1)

Question 24

One contributing factor to the French people rising up in revolt in 1789, was that...

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The answer to a better question is: "The Swing" by Fragonard, the clergy and nobles paid zero in taxes

Review: La Révolution française, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

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Review: La Révolution française, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

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