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WORLD HISTORY II
WINTER 2014
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION – VIDEO QUESTIONS
What were the personal characteristics of Prince Louis Capet, the eventual King Louis XVI?
Why were Prince Louis and Marie Antoinette married in 1770?
How had Louis XV created social and economic troubles in France during his reign? Why did the
Enlightenment challenge the traditional authorities of Europe?
How did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette add to the debt and the economic crisis of France? How did the
weather of 1788/1789 worsen conditions in France?
Who was Jacques Necker? What did he want Louis XVI to do?
How had French society and the Estates General been organized?
What did Robespierre want at the Estates General?
What was formed with the Tennis Court oath?
Why was the Bastille stormed on July 14, 1789?
What was stated in the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen? What was its purpose?
Who was Jean-Paul Marat? How did he further fuel the Revolution?
Why did the royal family leave Versailles and return to Paris?
How did Louis XVI try to take back control in 1791? Was he successful?
What reforms did Robespierre want the Legislative Assembly to pass?
Why was the guillotine considered humane?
How did war with Austria and Prussia rally the cause of the revolutionaries?
What were the September Massacres? What effect did they have on the rest of Europe? What did it mean
for Louis XVI? Did Louis receive justice?
Why was Marat assassinated? What was the response to this event?
What happened during the Reign of Terror? How did Robespierre justify it?
Why did Danton and others want to end the Terror? What was the result of their stance?
When did Robespierre go too far with his reforms? What was his final mistake? Did Robespierre receive
justice?
Which of our class definitions best describes the French Revolution? What was the legacy of
Robespierre’s revolution? How does the French Revolution affect political struggles today?
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