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Who called the Estates-General in 1789 to raise taxes and pay off growing debt?

King Louis XV

King Louis XVI

King Charles X

Marquis de Saint-Simon

What proportion of the Estates-General Assembly were the non-aristoratic 'Third Estate' in 1789?

40%

74%

85%

98%

In what location did the newly formed National Assembly meet to swear an oath not to disperse until constitutional aims had been achieved?

On a tennis court

In a saloon

In a chauteau outside Paris

Garden of the Rodin Museum

During the French Revolution, which event was caused by the need for gunpowder and weapons?

Storming of the Bastille

Riots of 1791

White Terror

Women's March on Versailles

Which political philisophy inspired the principles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

Nationalism

Realism

Nihilism

Enlightenment

Which of these key figures was NOT guillotined during the Reign of Terror phase of French Revolution?

King Louis XVI

Robespierre

Marie Antoinette

Marat

Which of these fashions was NOT associated with the sans-culottes, militia men of the lower orders?

Knee-length breeches

Sabots (clogs)

Red caps

Carmagnoles (short skirted coats)

How many minutes were in each hour of the French Revolutionary Calendar, which replaced the Gregorian calendar from 1793-1805?

100

120

When was the last person beheaded by state prosecutors in France?

1848

1799

1977

1795

Who was the radical journalist - editor of 'The Friend of the People' - that was assassinated by Charlotte Corday?

Georges Danton

Paul Barras

Jacques Pierre Brissot

Jean Paul Marat

Which countries did the elected Legislative Assembly declare war on in April 1792?

Austria and Italy

Austria and Prussia

Italy and Spain

Spain and Portugal

What were the group granted extraordinary powers to protect France from outside invasion known as?

The Directory

The Jacobins

The Committee of Public Safety

The Protectors

What name do historians give to the moderate period after the death of Robespierre, a response to the Reign of Terror's excesses?

Thermidorian Reaction

Messidorian Reaction

Brumairian Reaction

Prairial Reaction

When did Napoleon Bonaparte lead a coup d'etat to abolish the Directory and appoint himself France's 'first counsul'?

November 1799

January 1799

February 1801

March 1805

Which element of French society did the Napoleonic Code affect?

Power of the church

Legal system

Military priorities

The press

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