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The French Revolution

1. Why did Louis XIV build Versailles outside the city limits of Paris?
2. How old was Louis XVI when he married?
3. Why did he marry at such a young age?
4. Who is Louis XVI’s wife?
5. Is Marie Antoinette interested in political affairs?
6. Why were the prince’s courtiers in the bedroom with the prince and princess
on their wedding night?
7. What war bankrupted France during Louis XV’s reign?
8. After Louis XV’s death, is Louis XVI ready to be king?
9. Why is this time period called the Age of Enlightenment?
10.What marked the beginning of financial collapse for France?
11. What aspect of fashion did Marie Antoinette take on?
12. What is Marie Antoinette’s nickname? And why?
13.Name 3 things that invoke restlessness in France.
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14. What is the one food item that everyone depended on in France?
15.What causes people to raid homes and bakeries?
16.How long had it been since the last meeting of the Estates General?
17.What are the 3 estates of France?
18. Why did the 3rd estate feel that they were unfairly represented?
19. What did Robespierre demand of the 2 other estates?
20.What happens on the handball court?
21.Where do the people go to get gunpowder?
22. What do the colors of the French Flag represent?
• red and blue:
• white:
23. What happened to the Bastille?
24. What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man declare?
25.What is Marat’s role in the revolution?
26. Did Marie Antoinette say, “Let them eat cake?”
27. What happens when King Louis XVI doesn’t make a quick decision?
28. Why do the people want Louis and Maria to move to Paris?
29.What happens in Verannes?
30.What is the “national razor?”
31. Do the people think the guillotine is humane?
32. Does Robespierre agree with declaring war on Austria? Why or Why not?
33.What 2 kingdoms declare war against France?
34.What are the “September Massacres?”
35.In Louis XVI’s trial, what do the moderates ask for? What do the Jacobins ask
for?
36.What is Louis XVI’s sentence?
37.What does Charlotte Corday do on July 13, 1793?
38.What does Marat become?
39.What is Marie Antoinette’s sentence?
40. How is Marie Antoinette’s transportation to the guillotine different from
Louis’s?
41.What do other European nations do to France during the revolution?
42.What is “The Terror?”
43.What is the Committee of Public Safety?
44.What is Robespierre’s paradox?
45.What do people think is the root of the problem?
46.Who is the new saint of France?
47.Who is the commander who leads France to victory?
48.What happens to the Dantonists?
49.What 2 events lead to the demise of Robespierre?
50.What is the irony of Robespierre’s injury?
51.In your opinion, is using violence to achieve liberty and equality justifiable?