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French Revolution - Timeline - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 394 times
- The average score is 16 of 109
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Storming of this state prison. Generally regarded as the beginning of the revolution. | Bastille | 72%
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| This philosopher of the Enlightenment is considered to be the major forerunner of the French Revolution. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 61%
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| Designation of France's form of government from the end of the Middle Ages to the revolutionary period. | Ancien Regime | 46%
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| Louis XVI convened this assembly to reduce the state's debts. | Estates General | 43%
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| This French general and supporter of the American Independence Movement becomes commander of that vigilante group. | Marquis de Lafayette | 43%
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| Execution of this former queen. | Marie-Antoinette | 40%
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| These people march to Versailles and force the king to flee to Paris | Women | 39%
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| This controller-general of finances publishes the Compte rendu au Roi (Financial Report to the King) | Jacques Necker | 36%
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| The deputies of the Third Estate give to each other this oath that they will not part until France has a constitution. | Tennis Court Oath | 36%
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| This Radical Club meets for the first time in a Paris monastery. | Jacobins | 35%
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| The representatives of the Third Estate call this assembly. | National Constituent Assembly | 35%
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| The National Assembly adopts this declaration. | Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen | 33%
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| This bloody period of revolution begins. | Reign of Terror | 33%
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| This Radical Jacobin becomes head of the Welfare Committee and the leading French politician until his execution. | Maximilien de Robespierre | 32%
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| After four months of siege, the French army conquered that city thanks to the plans of this young officer. | Napoleon Bonaparte | 31%
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| This philosophical work of the above was his most important and influential. | The Social Contract | 28%
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| The first French Constitution is enacted, France now has this form of government | Constitutional Monarchy | 27%
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| These ordinary Parisian workers were the paramilitaries of the Radical and Extreme groups. | Sans-culottes | 27%
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| This Jacobin becomes the first chairman of this executive body. | Georges Danton | 24%
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| This admiral was the British leader in the battle. | Horatio Nelson | 23%
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| The National Convention adopts a new constitution in which this five-member body assumes executive power. | Directory | 22%
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| This vigilante group is set up to ensure public safety in Paris. | National Guard | 22%
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| This executive body of the National Convention is founded, its members will govern France dictatorially in the reign of terror. | Committee of Public Safety | 21%
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| This war begins with the declaration of war on Austria. | War of the First Coalition | 21%
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| Robespierre tries to impose this cult as the state religion. | Cult of the Supreme Being | 20%
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| The king's attempt to escape from Revolutionary Paris | Flight to Varennes | 20%
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| In the second treaty of san ildefonso, France allies itself with this state against Great Britain | Spain | 19%
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| The inhabitants of this city turned away from the rule of the Jacobins and handed over the city's important war port to the Allies. | Toulon | 18%
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| This palace is stormed by insurgents and revolutionaries. | Tuileries Palace | 18%
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| Beginning of the uprising of the Catholic-Royalist rural population in this department. | Vendee | 18%
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| The name of the Paris government between 1789-1795 | Paris Commune | 17%
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| This paper money is introduced to balance the national debt. | Assignat | 16%
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| the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is murdered by this noblewoman in his bathtub. | Charlotte Corday | 16%
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| Robespierre was deposed and executed with his followers two days later. This name was given to the uprising against Robespierre. | Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor | 16%
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| Considered the main theorist of the French Revolution. | Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes | 16%
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| This new way of calculating time is introduced. | French Revolutionary calendar | 16%
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| Violent peasant uprisings during this period. | Grande Peur (Great Fear) | 16%
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| This kingdom conquers Rome, but is itself conquered by France two months later. | Kingdom of Naples | 16%
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| The general conscription is introduced, it bears this name in French. | Levee en masse | 16%
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| Elections to this new Parliamentary Assembly will be held. | National Convention | 16%
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| After the Girondists were ousted, this party became the leading one in the National Convention. | The Mountain (Montagnards) | 16%
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| This flag becomes the national flag. | Tricolore | 16%
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| This republic was founded in the Netherlands as a satellite state of France. | Batavian Republic | 14%
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| This powerful group of deputies will provide the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance in the new cabinet. | Girondins | 14%
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| Napoleon Bonaparte begins this campaign, which will make him famous. | Italian Campaign | 14%
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| During an uprising of radicals on the National Convention, the Girondists are deprived of power, this demagogue led the uprising. | Jean-Paul Marat | 14%
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| This is his most famous work, which significantly influenced the revolution. | What Is the Third Estate? | 14%
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| The murder of numerous detainees believed to be opponents of the revolution. | September Massacres | 13%
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| France declares war on Austria again, officially beginning this war. | War of the Second Coalition | 13%
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| The coup d'état of Napoleon begins, This name it bears. | Coup of 18 Brumaire | 12%
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| With Napoleon's seizure of power, the French Revolutionary period ends and this era begins. | Napoleonic era | 12%
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| Napoleon's troops secure Paris, the members of the Directory voluntarily resign or are arrested. Napoleon speaks to the two councils and declares that he will create this new government. | The Consulate | 12%
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| This is the name given to the persecutions against the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror. | White Terror | 12%
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| During his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon wins this important battle against the Mamluks. | Battle of the Pyramids | 11%
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| Danton and this supporter of Danton are executed. | Camille Desmoulins | 11%
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| Prussian troops invade France but are defeated in this battle and forced to retreat. | Cannonade of Valmy | 11%
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| This type of court was established by the National Convention to try opponents of the Revolution. | Revolutionary Tribunal | 10%
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| In this naval battle off the coast of Egypt, the Royal Navy decisively defeats the French fleet | Battle of the Nile | 9%
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| This uprising, a harbinger of revolution, begins in Grenoble | Day of the Tiles | 9%
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| Prussia and Austria issue this declaration in support of Louis XVI. | Declaration of Pillnitz | 9%
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| This law regulates the prices of food and goods for daily use. | General Maximum | 9%
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| In Switzerland this French satelitte state is proclaimed | Helvetic Republic | 9%
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| This women's rights activist wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Female Citizen". She was executed during the reign of terror. | Olympe de Gouges | 9%
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| Austria, Britain, Russia and this other great power are fighting together in this war against France, Spain and the French sister republics. | Ottoman Empire | 9%
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| This statesman and cleric will be the foreign minister in the new cabinet. | Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand | 8%
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| At this feast Louis XVI swore an oath to the new state. | Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation) | 8%
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| The "conspiracy of the equals" is the name given to the attempted coup of this radical early socialist and his followers. | Francois-Noel Babeuf | 8%
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| This Scientist, Mayor of Paris and Moderate Politician was Executed | Jean-Sylvain Bailly | 8%
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| This politician and publicist becomes chairman of the National Assembly. | Marquis de Mirabeau | 8%
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| This man will be the chairman of the new body. And will be the leading politician of France until 1799. | Paul Barras | 8%
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| Napoleon conquers Malta, which angers this Russian Emperor, who is the Grand Master of the Order of Malta. | Paul I. | 8%
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| A vote in the National Convention on the execution of Louis XVI ends with 361 yes to 360 no votes. He was executed on this square in Paris. | Place de la Concorde (Place de la Revolution) | 8%
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| A mass panic broke out at a Republican rally during which the National Guard shot and killed several people. | Champ de Mars massacre | 7%
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| This Italian sister republic is proclaimed. | Cisalpine Republic | 7%
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| The members of this ultra-radical group were executed. | Hebertists | 7%
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| This politician drafted a new Republican Constitution, which was adopted but never came into force. | Louis Antoine de Saint-Just | 7%
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| Napoleon's younger brother is elected chairman of the Council of Five Hundred. | Lucien Bonaparte | 7%
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| After the French defeat at Neerwinden, this general changes sides to avoid a tribunal sentence. | Charles-Francois Dumouriez | 6%
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| Since the new constitution, France has two parliaments. What are they called? | Council of Five Hundred - Council of Ancients | 6%
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| Napoleon conquers this city in Israel, where many of his soldiers contract the plague. | Jaffa | 6%
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| This general is the leader of the Russian troops in Italy. | Alexander Suvorov | 5%
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| Napoleon wins this important battle south of Verona. | Battle of Arcole | 5%
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| After almost six months of siege, Napoleon conquers this city. | Mantua | 5%
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| The National Assembly decides to nationalize church property. This is called what? | Secularization | 5%
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| in this city Rouget de Lisle composed the marseillaise | Strasbourg | 5%
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| After this battle, Napoleon secured all of northern Italy. | Battle of Rivoli | 4%
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| The Supreme Commander of the Allied Army in this war. | Duke of Brunswick | 4%
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| Napoleon meets with this police minister to plan a coup. | Joseph Fouche | 4%
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| After the victory in this important battle, France conquers the Republic of the United Netherlands. | Battle of Fleurus | 3%
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| Napoleon leaves Egypt to end the unrest in France, he makes this general the leader of the troops in Egypt. | Jean-Baptiste Kleber | 3%
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| This pope is arrested and taken to Valence, where he died in 1799. | Pius VI. | 3%
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| This peace ended the war with Austria and thus the War of the First Coalition. | Treaty of Campo Formio | 3%
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| This Irish Republican lands in France hoping for help in his rebellion against Britain. | Wolfe Tone | 3%
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| This Austrian field marshal forces the French to retreat and ends the Rhine campaign | Archduke Charles | 2%
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| In this battle Napoleon defeated the Ottomans under Said Mustafa Pasha. | Battle of Abukir | 2%
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| What is the name of the uprising of the royalist catholic bretons against revolutionary France. | Chouannerie | 2%
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| France begins the Rhine campaign under this general. | Jean-Baptiste Jourdan | 2%
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| In this naval battle in the North Sea, the royal navy defeated the Batavian Republic. | Battle of Camperdown | 1%
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| In this naval battle off the coast of Portugal, the royal navy defeated the Spanish fleet. | Battle of Cape St. Vincent | 1%
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| France manages to transport 2000 troops to Ireland and win this battle there. | Battle of Castlebar | 1%
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| In this last great battle of the revolutionary period, France again loses to a Russo-Austrian army. However, Russia withdraws from the alliance two months later due to disputes. | Battle of Novi | 1%
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| This statesman becomes third consul. | Charles-Francois Lebrun | 1%
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| This field marshal is the leader of the Austrian troops in this campaign. | Count Dagobert von Wurmser | 1%
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| The leader of the uprising was this nobleman. | Henri de La Rochejaquelein | 1%
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| Napoleon becomes first consul, this noble statesman becomes second consul. | Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambaceres | 1%
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| This French general conquers Rome and proclaims the Roman Republic five days later. | Louis-Alexandre Berthier | 1%
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| In this biblical place Napoleon defeats the Ottomans. | Mount Tabor | 1%
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| This treaty concluded peace between Prussia and France | Peace of Basel | 1%
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| A Russian-Austrian army wins this battle which ends in the conquest of Milan. | Battle of Cassano | 0%
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