The French Revolution


Froggy Jumps The French RevolutionVersion en ligne Introduction to the main events of the French Revolution par Juan Fernandez Castillo 1 May 1789: The States General meet at Versailles. The largest group is ... a The Clergy b The nobility c The Third Estate 2 June 20, 1789: The Third Estate meets on the tennis court. There they swear to give a constitution to France. A few days later the Estates General turned into the... a National Assembly b National Convention c First Republic 3 July 14, 1789: The people in arms assault a symbol of absolutism: a Tuleiries Palace b Bastille prison c Versailles Palace 4 Summer 1789: Violent anti-seignorial riots break out in the countryside. These facts are known as ... a The jacobin republic b The Reign of Terror c Le Grande Peur (The Great Fear) 5 August, 1789: The National Assembly promulgates the first revolutionary legal text: a The Declaration of rights of Man and the citizen b The constitution c The law of suspects 6 September, 1791: At last, the constitution is promulgated. Louis XVI... a Is enthusiastic. b Is disgusted c Leaves the country and the republic is proclaimed 7 April 1792: The Coalition wars begin. The main reason is: a The fear of the expansion of revolutionary ideas b Austria wanted to conquer France c France founded the Coalition to Make All of Europe Revolutionary 8 August 10, 1792: The king is arrested, under what charge? a Being a traitor, by allying with a foreign power and attacking his own subjects b Having kept money from taxes. c Helping the jacobins to get weapons 9 September 1792: The republic is proclaimed under the rule of the party... a Jacobin b Girondin c Cordelier 10 June 1793: The Jacobins acceded to the government. What is this period called? a Reign of Terror b Le Grande Peur (The Great Fear) c The century of the lights 11 July 1794: The opponents give a coup against the Jacobin government. What is the name of the new governing body? a Public Safety Committee b Directory c Consulate 12 1799: The directory is demolished and its place is taken by a consulate. Who will be the first consul? a Robespierre b Brissot c Napoleon

1

May 1789: The States General meet at Versailles. The largest group is ...

a

The Clergy

b

The nobility

c

The Third Estate

2

June 20, 1789: The Third Estate meets on the tennis court. There they swear to give a constitution to France. A few days later the Estates General turned into the...

a

National Assembly

b

National Convention

c

First Republic

3

July 14, 1789: The people in arms assault a symbol of absolutism:

a

Tuleiries Palace

b

Bastille prison

c

Versailles Palace

4

Summer 1789: Violent anti-seignorial riots break out in the countryside. These facts are known as ...

a

The jacobin republic

b

The Reign of Terror

c

Le Grande Peur (The Great Fear)

5

August, 1789: The National Assembly promulgates the first revolutionary legal text:

a

The Declaration of rights of Man and the citizen

b

The constitution

c

The law of suspects

6

September, 1791: At last, the constitution is promulgated. Louis XVI...

a

Is enthusiastic.

b

Is disgusted

c

Leaves the country and the republic is proclaimed

7

April 1792: The Coalition wars begin. The main reason is:

a

The fear of the expansion of revolutionary ideas

b

Austria wanted to conquer France

c

France founded the Coalition to Make All of Europe Revolutionary

8

August 10, 1792: The king is arrested, under what charge?

a

Being a traitor, by allying with a foreign power and attacking his own subjects

b

Having kept money from taxes.

c

Helping the jacobins to get weapons

9

September 1792: The republic is proclaimed under the rule of the party...

a

Jacobin

b

Girondin

c

Cordelier

10

June 1793: The Jacobins acceded to the government. What is this period called?

a

Reign of Terror

b

Le Grande Peur (The Great Fear)

c

The century of the lights

11

July 1794: The opponents give a coup against the Jacobin government. What is the name of the new governing body?

a

Public Safety Committee

b

1799: The directory is demolished and its place is taken by a consulate. Who will be the first consul?

a

Robespierre

b

Brissot

c

Napoleon

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