Name:
Mr. Wallace
Class: Global Studies Date:
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French Revolution – Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Use the links in the questions / to provide the requested information. Answer in complete
sentences.
1) What was the slogan of the French Revolution? (Give the English translation)
2) What was the most important part of the slogan? Explain. (Hint: they were willing to sacrifice
something for it.)
3) Why did the French want equality?
4) What other inequality did the peasants suffer?
5) What did King Louis XVI spend 250 million dollars on?
6) What famous quote did Queen Marie Antoinette supposedly utter when confronted with the idea that her
subjects did not even have bread to eat? (Did she actually say it? Explain how you know this).
7) Where was Marie Antoinette from? (City and Country)
8) Why did she marry Lousi XVI?
9) When and how did Marie Antoinette die?
10) Who was Marie Antoinette related to? (Hint: daughter of which female Hapsburg ruler?) Where was
she in the order of children born to this ruler?
11) How was the French Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen similar to the American Declaration
of Independence?
12) What happened on September 21, 1792?
13) How did the guillotine get its name?
14) Who became the leader of France after the Revolution? (Hint: he was a military leader and made 1st
consul).
15) What was Louis XVI put on trial for?