POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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The French Revolution
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The Revolution Begins The French Revolution The Rise of Napoleon The Fall of Napoleon Impossible Questions
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Question 1 - 10

• Name the 3 Estates in France, and who was in
  them

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Answer 1 10

• 1st Estate The Clergy (The Catholic Church)
• 2nd Estate The Nobility (Knights, Lords)
• 3rd Estate Everyone else (doctors, lawyers,
  merchants, workers, peasants)

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Question 1 - 20

• Name both the King, and the Queen during the time
  of the French Revolutions beginnings

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Answer 1 20

• King Louis XVI
• Queen Marie Antoinette

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Question 1 - 30

• What controversy arose over the voting process at
  the Estates General convention?

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Answer 1 30

• Each estate was allowed only 1 vote, making the
  larger population of the 3rd estate useless in
  expressing the opinion of the common people of
  France

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Question 1 - 40

• What was the Storming of the Bastille?
• Answer with the following details
• 1. What was the Bastille?
• 2. Why was it stormed?
• 3. What was the outcome of the event?

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Answer 1 40

• 1. The Bastille was a prison, it typically was
  reserved for political prisoners
• 2. It was stormed because the 3rd Estate feared a
  punishment from the King, and they wanted
  weapons. Failing to gain them peacefully,
  violence ensued
• 3. The Prison guard was defeated, and angry
  commoners attain weapons, and proceeded to cause
  havoc and instill fear in the general public of
  Paris

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Question 1 - 50

• The 3rd Estate, locked out of the Estates General
  by the King, proceed without the other 2 Estates
  in what became known as _________________________,
  where they created the new Constitution of
  France entitled _______________________

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Answer 1 50

• The 3rd Estate, locked out of the Estates General
  by the King, proceed without the other 2 Estates
  in what became known as The Tennis Court Oath,
  where they created the new Constitution of France
  entitled The Declaration of the Rights of Man
  and Citizen

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Question 2 - 10

• After arresting the King, a new government The
  National Convention is made up of 3 main
  factions, complete the chart below
• 1. The Mountain Radicals
• 2. ____________ - _________
• 3. ____________ - _________

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Answer 2 10

• 1. The Mountain Radicals
• 2. The Girondins - moderates
• 3. The Plain swing votes (undecided)

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Question 2 - 20

• What historical event occurred in France in 1793?

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Answer 2 20

• King Louis XVI was beheaded

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Question 2 - 30

• There were 3 very influential leaders in the
  National Convention, Complete the chart below
• 1. ____________________
• 2. George-Jacques Danton
• 3. ____________________

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Answer 2 30

• 1. Jean-Paul Marat
• 2. George-Jacques Danton
• 3. Maximilien Robespierre

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Question 2 - 40

• Who was the last person killed by the guillotine
  during The Reign of Terror ?

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Answer 2 40

• Maximilien Robespierre

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Question 2 - 50

• Name 1 of the changes of Frances Revolutionary
  government that lasted and 1 change that did not
  last

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Answer 2 50
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Question 3 - 10

• How did Napoleon begin to become recognized in
  France?

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Answer 3 10

• Napoleon first earned national recognition
  through his military successes

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Question 3 - 20

• What historical event happened in France in the
  year 1799?

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Answer 3 20

• Napoleon takes over the French government through
  a coup de tat, and crowns himself emperor of
  France for life.

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Question 3 - 30

• Napoleon appointed various relatives to ruling
  positions in various conquered countries across
  Europe
• Name 3 relatives Napoleon appointed to such
  positions and the countries each relative ruled.

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Answer 3 30

• Joseph (brother) Spain
• Jerome (brother) Westphalia
• Louis (brother) - Holland
• Elisa (sister) Tuscany
• Joachim (brother in law) Naples
• Eugene (stepson) - Italy

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Question 3 - 40

• Napoleon was at war with the Allied powers
• What countries made up the Allied powers

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Answer 3 40

• Allied powers Great Britain, Austria, Prussia,
  and Russia

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Question 3 - 50

• Explain each of the following terms
• 1. Peninsular War
• 2. The Continental System

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Answer 3 50

• 1. Peninsular War a failed war against Spain
  and Portugal, Napoleon was forced to withdraw
• 2. The Continental System The British Blockade
  of all trade with France, and the French blockade
  of all trade with Britain

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Question 4 - 10

• In 1812 Napoleon launched an unsuccessful
  military campaign against what country?

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Answer 4 10

• Russia

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Question 4 - 20

• Napoleon started the Russian campaign with
  600,000 men, and returned with only 94,000.
• Name 2 reasons for this

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Answer 4 20

• 1. Many of the soldiers were not loyal to France
• 2. Many died because of harsh weather conditions
  and rough terrain (crossing freezing rivers)
• Many died because of lack of supplies (upon
  reaching Moscow the French found no supplies,
  they were purposefully burned by the Russians)

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Question 4 - 30

• After the Russian campaign the Allied powers
  captured Napoleon in the Battle of Paris
• After capturing Napoleon they sent him to live in
  Exile where?
• How long was Napoleon Exiled here?

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Answer 4 30

• Napoleon was exiled to the Isle of Elba, he
  remained there for 1 year before escaping and
  returning to France

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Question 4 - 40

• After the hundred days Napoleon lost his final
  battle to Great Britain at The Battle of
  Waterloo,
• Again Napoleon was exiled, this time under strict
  guard, on a more remote location
• Where was he exiled, and for how long?
• Then what happened to Napoleon?

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Answer 4 40

• He was exiled to the Island of St. Helena, for 6
  years
• After 6 years Napoleon died of stomach cancer

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Question 4 - 50

• The Congress of Vienna met in the year _____, to
  fix the problems caused by Napoleon across
  Europe, The Napoleon was made up of the following
  people complete the chart below
• _________ Austria
• _________ - Russia
• Talleyrand - _______
• Hardenburg - Prussia

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Answer 4 50

• The Congress of Vienna met in the year 1815, to
  fix the problems caused by Napoleon across
  Europe, The Napoleon was made up of the following
  people
• Metternich Austria
• Alexander I - Russia
• Talleyrand - France
• Hardenburg - Prussia

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Question 5 - 20

• Who were the sans culottes?
• Who was their leader?
• How did he die?

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Answer 5 20

• Those without knee breeches (they served as a
  political group of Revolutionaries that supported
  the common class)
• The leader of the sans culottes was Jean-Paul
  Marat
• Marat was murdered in his bathtub (stabbed)

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Question 5 - 30

• Name 3 reforms Napoleon made to the following
  items
• (10 points a piece, maximum 30)
• 1. Church and State Relations
• 2. The Economy
• 3. The Law
• 4. Education

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Answer 5 30

• 1. Church and State Relations Napoleon signed
  The Concordat which was an agreement with the
  Pope, that officially declare Catholicism as the
  official religion of France, though no one was
  required to be Catholic, as religious tolerance
  was the law.
• 2. The Economy - Napoleon established a national
  bank for France, and a new minted currency
• 3. The Law Created the Napoleonic Code a
  common set of laws for all of France
• 4. Education Established military and
  government schools across France

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Question 5 - 40

• Arrange the following names in the correct
  chronological order based on the date of their
  death
• Napoleon
• Jean-Paul Marat
• Louis XVI
• Maximilien Robespierre
• George-Jacques Danton

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Answer 5 40

• Correct order
• Louis XVI
• Jean-Paul Marat
• George-Jacques Danton
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Napoleon

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Question 5 - 50

• Place the following Governments of France in the
  correct chronological order
• The National Convention
• Emperor Napoleon
• The Directory
• King Louis XVI
• King Louis XVIII

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Answer 5 50

• Correct order
• King Louis XVI
• The National Convention
• The Directory
• Emperor Napoleon
• King Louis XVIII

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Question 5 - 60

• The Congress of Vienna was dominated by the views
  of ______________, explain his beliefs, and how
  they affected the future for Europe after
  Napoleon.

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Answer 5 60

• Metternich Metternich despised democracy, and
  political change. Because he was so influential
  at the congress, Metternich was able to guide the
  congress to adopt many new monarchies across
  Europe, and encouraged a return to the Old ways
  (the opposite of the ideals of the revolution)