The French Revolution Study Guide
Name: ________________________
Date: ___________
Class: ________
This test will be based on your notes, documentary, and readings that you have had in this unit. You will
also need to be able to analyze a primary source from the French Revolution. Under “Terms and people
to know”, you will need to be able to answer the who, what and why of the person. What did they do
that was significant in the revolution? What side were they on? What was their fate? Etc…
Terms and people to know:
Guillotine
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis XV
Jean Paul Marat
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jacobins
Georges Danton
National Assembly
Olympe de Gouges
Emigres Sans-culottes
Questions to consider for test:
How were the three estates made up and what was the inequality in it?
What controversy came up at the Estates General?
What were the issues occurring in France prior to the French Revolution? What led to the decline of
France?
What estate gave relief services and education to the peasants?
Why was the National Assembly created and what was the Tennis Court Oath?
Why was the Guillotine invented?
What was the committee of public safety and who was the leader of it?
Explain the Reign of Terror.
Who was the King of France that survived the St. Bartholomew's day massacre and wrote the Edict of
Nantes?
Why was the palace of Versailles built? What issues occurred from it? How was Louis XIV able to use it
to control the nobles?
Why would Second Estates member join the National Assembly?
What did the National Assembly do the Church? What issues came up of it?
Why did extreme groups form as a result of the new government?
What was the significance of the Storming of the Bastille and why did it happen?
What was the Great Fear?
What was the Declaration of Pillnitz?
Who was in charge of the Reign of Terror and which group was mostly executed?
Why and how did people end the Reign of Terror?
Who gained power as a result of the French Revolution? Near the end?
What was the Legacy of the French Revolution?