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The French Revolution on a Map

Here are 50 questions on various aspects of the French Revolution, coupled with a map showing geographical locations whenever possible. Note that the French Revolutionary Wars (First and Second Coalition) are not included, but internal conflicts and revolts are.
Thanks to Maxibon for the map and assistance with some of the answers.
The map depicts France in 1789, just before the revolution.
French typeins are included.
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Locations
Residence of the monarch prior to the revolution
Palace of Versailles
Another residence of the royal family, where they passed their final days of freedom in 1790
Château de Saint-Cloud
Parisian city hall and a center of revolutionary activity, including the murder of Jacques de Flesselles
Hôtel de Ville
Town square where many executions took place
Place de la Concorde
Prominent courthouse and prison and site of the September Massacres of 1,300 prisoners
Conciergerie
Major city and site of a 1793 revolt against the government
Lyon
Prestigious university specializing in science and engineering, founded in 1794
École Polytechnique
 
 
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Government
The sociopolitical state of France before the revolution, translating into old rule
Ancien régime
The French parliament during the revolution's early days composed of the three estates
National Assembly
The parliament during the Terror and much of 1795, elected by most men aged 21 and over
National Convention
The executive branch from 1795 to the revolution's close comprising five men holding joint power
Directory
The government established at the end of the revolution, dominated by Napoleon
Consulate
 
 
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Laws
1789 legislation that abolished the feudal system and special class-based privileges
August Decrees
An early assertion of civil liberties, attached as a preamble to later French constitutions
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
1790 law placing the Catholic Church under state control
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Decree passed during the Terror mandating that all enemies of the revolution be arrested
Law of Suspects
 
 
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Miscellaneous
Self-determining government of the French capital from 1789 until 1795
Paris Commune
Either of the deistic or atheistic state religions established to replace Christianity
Cult of the Supreme Being / Cult of Reason
National anthem of France adopted in 1795, written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
“La Marseillaise”
Revolutionary song whose title translates to it'll be fine
“Ça Ira”
Headwear worn by revolutionaries often paired with a cockade, a symbol of liberty
Phrygian cap
Victorian-era novel set during the revolution
A Tale of Two Cities
French unit of currency reintroduced in 1795
Franc
Nobles and clergymen who fled France during the revolution due to its violence and reforms
Émigrés
Term for lower-class people meaning without breeches
Sans-culottes
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Events
Conditional pledge taken by Third Estate representatives, who had formed a government, not to disband
Tennis Court Oath
Attempted takeover of a fortress and state prison, celebrated annually on July 14
Storming of the Bastille
The royal family's failed escape to the northeastern limits of France, which led to their downfall
Flight to Varennes
Revolt that involved the capture of the Tuileries Palace and, eventually, the ascent of republican France
Insurrection of 10 August 1792
Failed major counterrevolution in Western France, leading to around 200,000 deaths
War in the Vendée
Royalist and Christian insurgency in west France lasting throughout the latter half of the 1790s
Chouannerie
Cooling point following the fiery radicalism of 1793 and 1794 turning the revolution toward centrism
Thermidorian Reaction
Mass violence against people associated with the Terror and the Jacobin club, taking place in 1795
White Terror
Failed uprising aimed at reestablishing the monarchy, and a major stepping stone in Napoleon's career
13 Vendémiaire
1797 government takeover that purged monarchist influences from national politics
Coup of 18 Fructidor
Another government takeover that brought Napoleon to power and the revolution to an end
Coup of 18 Brumaire
 
 
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People
Leading Enlightenment figure whose social contract theory inspired the revolution's political development
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
King of France in the revolution's early stages; his power was significantly curtailed until his execution in 1793
Louis XVI
Banker and constitutional monarchist whose removal from office produced a breakthrough in the revolution
Jacques Necker
Prominent military leader in the revolution and commander-in-chief of the National Guard
Marquis de Lafayette
American Founding Father and advocate of the French Revolution who wrote Rights of Man
Thomas Paine
De facto dictator of France from 1793 to 1794 whose "reign of terror" saw the the revolution radicalizing intensely
Maximilien Robespierre
Founder of the radical newspaper L'ami du peuple; he was killed in his bathtub
Jean-Paul Marat
Playwright, women's rights advocate, and author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Olympe de Gouges
Most prominent painter of the revolution who designed the French tricolor
Jacques-Louis David
A founder of modern chemistry who, being linked to a hated tax collection agency, was guillotined in 1794
Antoine Lavoisier
"The Archangel of Terror", a prominent figure during the Reign of Terror, and a leader of the Jacobin club
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Main leader of the government in the revolution's later stages from 1795 to 1799
Paul Barras
Revolutionary who plotted the 1797 Conspiracy of the Equals to establish a utopian socialist society
François-Noël Babeuf
Future president of France who wrote the first extensive history of the revolution
Adolphe Thiers
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2 Comments
Lindwyrm
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Level 82
Sep 29, 2025
Cool quiz! Man I was planning on doing a similar one....
Brainstorm
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Level 59
Sep 29, 2025
If you think your quiz idea is original and somewhat different from mine and Maxibon's, you should give it a try, still.
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