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?
