Froggy Jumps The French RevolutionVersión en línea Introduction to the main events of the French Revolution por 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
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