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On the eve of the revolution, Arthur Young observed that French society appeared to be satisfied with the social and political status quo. _____ |
| | A) | True |
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The French Revolution was initially sparked by a conflict over religion and the rights of the clergy in France. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The French Revolution was preceded by other political disturbances in the West which had been intended to expand political participation and bring governmental reform. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The French Estates General was composed of four traditional orders, or estates. _____ |
| | A) | True |
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In the "Tennis Court Oath," the French Third Estate vowed not to disband until France had a new king. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Women shared equally in the new social and political rights and freedoms won during the course of the French Revolution. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The guiding principles of the French Revolution were liberty, equality, and fraternity. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In 1789, France became a republic. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Edmund Burke criticized the French Revolution in his Reflections on the Revolution in France because he felt that societies should evolve slowly and that political reform was based on a nation’s traditions and past experiences. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The sans-culottes looked to the Girondins to lead the revolution in a more radical direction. _____ |
| | A) | True |
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The instrument of the French terror was the guillotine. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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During the Reign of Terror, the National Convention strengthened the Catholic church’s control over family life and education. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In 1799, France was able to create "sister" republics in Holland, Switzerland, and Spain because of military victories. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The French Revolution sparked a slave rebellion in France’s colony of Saint Domingue, or Haiti. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Charlotte Corday assassinated the radical deputy Jean-Paul Marat because of his role in the guillotine executions during the terror. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In 1793, Napoleon failed to put down a crowd of demonstrators threatening the National Convention in Paris. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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After the overthrow of the Directory in 1799, Napoleon had himself named First General. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Napoleonic Code of 1804 provided French citizens with the same rights and liberties they gained in 1789. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Napoleon sold French rights over Louisiana to the United States government. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Russians defeated French troops at the Battle of Borodino. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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When the National Assembly voted to reorganize the provincial map of France, one of their goals was to undermine loyalty to the old provinces and thereby increase allegiance to the French state. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In his 1790 Reflections on the Revolution of France, Edmund Burke argued that the French Revolution was "much the greatest event that ever happened, and much the best." _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The events of the night of August 10th, when a Parisian crowd invaded the King's palace and slaughtered his guards, was inspired mainly by the fear that the King was in league with the Austrian and Prussian soldiers invading France. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Soon after the expulsion of the Girondin leaders from the Convention on June 2, 1793, the Convention enacted the Law of the Maximum to regulate the prices of staple goods, and created the Committee of Public Safety. _____ |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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