Deck 4: Science and Enlightenment, 1600-1789

Question 1

Toussaint Louverture was

A) a wealthy French planter
B) born a free person of color
C) born a slave
D) born in Africa

Answer 1

born a slave

Question 2

One of the main demands of the Saint Domingue revolt was

A) economic equality
B) abolition of slavery
C) citizenship
D) land ownership

Answer 2

abolition of slavery

Question 3

The French financial crisis of the mid-18th century was caused in large part by

A) industrial decline
B) an inefficient democratic system
C) continuous warfare
D) overconsumption

Answer 3

continuous warfare

Question 4

The French public objected to abolishing tax exemptions because they

A) supported the nobility
B) were exempt themselves
C) didn't want to tax the Church
D) hated royal extravagance

Question 5

The French economy in the 18th century

A) began to industrialize
B) shrank
C) grew and benefited all citizens
D) grew but benefited only a few

Question 6

The Third Estate represented the

A) commoners
B) nobility
C) clergy
D) slaves

Question 7

The revolutionary document that outlined the basic rights and freedoms of Frenchmen was the

A) Declaration of Independence
B) Declaration of Freedom
C) Constitution
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Question 8

Radical Parisian supporters of the Revolution were called

A) sans-culottes
B) radicals
C) sans-chausseurs
D) Girondins

Question 9

The Austrian and Prussian invasion of France in 1793 sparked the creation of

A) a new monarchy
B) the Terror
C) a moderate Republic
D) Napoleon's empire

Question 10

Robespierre's strategy for defeating France's enemies was the levee en masse,

A) conscripting a huge citizen army
B) a return to knighthood
C) highly trained small fighting forces
D) development of a navy

Question 11

Napoleon established a new French government via

A) democratic elections
B) coup d'etat
C) papal appointment
D) his inherited right to rule

Question 12

The Napoleonic Code promised equality

A) for all people
B) for men of property
C) for all men
D) for all free people

Question 13

One of the motivating factors behind resistance to Napoleon was

A) the development of nationalism
B) his growing insanity
C) his military failures
D) a desire to return to traditional monarchy

Question 14

Perhaps Napoleon's greatest mistake was

A) the sale of Louisiana to the US
B) the invasion of Britain
C) freeing the slaves
D) the invasion of Russia

Question 15

What were the causes of the French Revolution? How was the Revolution rooted in both the Enlightenment and the practical problems of 18th century France?

Question 16

What problems with the Revolution led to the rise of Napoleon?

Question 17

In what ways was Napoleon a 'son of the Revolution', and in what ways was he just another absolute monarch?