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The French Revolution – Viewing Guide
1. Describe Louis XVI as he was the king to be.
2. How old was Louis when he became king?
3. How does the American Revolution impact French society?
4. What was the heart of the French diet?
5. Describe how people view Marie Antoinette and why? What was her nickname?
6. What happened after a series of bad harvests, the atrocious weather of 1788, and Louis XVI’s financial mismanagement?
7. Describe Jacques Necker. What did he urge Louis to do?
8. Who is Robespierre and what do he and his followers demand?
9. What does the Bastille symbolize?
10. What happened after Necker was fired. What famous symbol was created on that day?
11. What is abolished with the Declaration of the Rights of man?
12. Who was Jean-Paul Marat? Why was he so influential? What did he demand?
13. What did Marie Antoinette famously NOT say?
14. What do the masses/mob (including the ‘fish ladies’) force the king and queen to do?
15. Who are the Jacobins?
16. What was a nickname given to Robespierre?
17. What did Louis do to try to regain control of France?
18. What was the effect of Louis’ flight?
19. Why is the guillotine a “humanitarian device”?
20. What was the nickname for the guillotine?
21. What is said to be the only way that there can be the birth of the new republic?
22. Who does Charlotte Corday murder? Why?
23. By 1793 – who is France at war with?
24. What is suspended during “The Terror”?
25. What were some reasons that people were killed during “The Terror”?
26. Who were the police spies? What did they do?
- What do they call the new 12 man council?
28. Why is the calendar changed? Explain.
- How does Napoleon help the French army?
30. What great error did Robespierre make when making a speech in 1795?
- Why are Danton and his followers killed?
32. Why did Robespierre “have to die?”
Why were they worried about the prisons?
Who was being held within the prisons?
How many people die during the September massacre?
Why did the Jacobins want to kill the king?