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Which of the following was an an unsuccessful group that tried to run France during the Revolution ?
a) The Directory
b) The Association
c) The Liberty Congress
d) The King's Court

Who was Maximillen Robespierre ?
a) A leader of the Revolution who made many reforms, such as schools. He was later executed.
b) King of France
c) Emperor of France
d) The man who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

What did the Girondists want ?
a) For the Revolution to continue.
b) For the Revolution to end.
c) To not execute the Napoleon.
d) For Napoleon to be Emperor.

What did the Mountain want ?
a) To bring King Louis XVI's son to be be King of France.
b) For the Revolution to end.
c) For the Revolution to continue.
d) For the poor people to just eat cake.

Who created a new Constitution in France ?
a) The National Assembly.
b) The Directory.
c) King Louis XVI
d) Napoleon

Who said Let them eat cake ?
a) Maximellien Robespierre
b) Napoleon
c) Louis XVI
d) Marie Antoniette

What did the Duke of Wellington do ?
a) Invented the guilotine.
b) Led Britain in defeating Napoleon at Waterloo.
c) Created a new constitution for France.
d) Made reforms to French schools.

Which of the following was the change in the legal codes in France based on Enlightenment ideas ?
a) The Bill of Rights
b) The Napoleonic Code
c) The Estates General
d) The Rights of Man and Citizen

Who was the Emperor of France ?
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
b) Maxillen Robespierre
c) The Duke of Wellington
d) King Louis XVI

What was the Bastile ?
a) A device used to execute people.
b) A list of rights that all people have.
c) A French fortress that poor people attacked sparking off the French Revolution.
d) The French Constitution.

Food shortages, an uncaring king and the 3rd estate being forced to pay all the taxes are all direct causes of what ?
a) How the French Empire ended
b) How Napoleon rose to power
c) The American Revolution
d) The French Revolution

What were estates ?
a) French social classes
b) French homes
c) French constitution
d) French army

Who paid all the taxes in France ?
a) The 1st estate. They were clergy.
b) The 3rd Estate. The Bourgeoise was the middle class. They also didn't have any voting power.
c) The 2nd estate. They were the nobles.
d) Everybody paid taxes.

Who wanted to see a balance of power across Europe ?
a) Louis XVI
b) Napoleon
c) Klemens von Metternich
d) Duke of Wellington

What happened to Napoleon in Russia ?
a) All of these
b) He lost 500,000 of his 600,000 soldiers.
c) He invaded Russia and it was a failure.
d) He kept chaising the Russian Army deeper and deeper into Russia. He couldn't get his soldiers supplies they needed in winter

Was King Louis XVI an absolutist king ?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Not really
d) A little bit

What was the name of the time period during the French Revolution in which 40,000 people were executed ?
a) The Glorious Revolution
b) The Reign of Terror
c) The shot heard 'round the world
d) Pax Romana

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