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	The End of the Old Regime
	Virtue and Terror
	The Rights of Man
	The King and Queen
	Crime and Punishment

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1. Where is France located?
north of the Mediterranean Sea south of Spain	east of the Alps west of the Atlantic Ocean
2. Who lived at Versailles at the start of the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre Louis de Saint-Just	Louis XIV Louis XVI
3. During what period did the French Revolution take place?
1769–1779 1776–1783	1789–1799 1799–1809
4. What event signaled the start of the Revolution?
the women's march on Versailles the fall of the Bastille	the Reign of Terror the meeting of the National Assembly
5. What were France's three "estates"?
the royal residences in Paris and Versailles the lawmaking bodies of the French republic	liberty, equality, and fraternity the nobles, the clergy, and the working class
6. What ideals most influenced the leaders of the French Revolution?
Christian ideals nationalist ideals	Enlightenment ideals transcendentalist ideals
7. What basic principle guided the leaders of the French Rvolution?
A state should be ruled by absolute power given by God. The common people are incapable of governing themselves.	Human compassion cannot be trusted as a basis for a just society. Human reason can discern the ultimate truth.
8. What happened to the king of France as the Revolution wore on?
He lived out his years as a constitutional monarch. He was found guilty of treason and beheaded.	He was killed in a peasant uprising. He escaped to Austria and died in exile.
9. What was the Reign of Terror?
a time when thousands of suspected traitors were executed the violent, final phase of the Revolution	a violent period at the start of the Revolution the king's effort to violently suppress the Revolution
10. What happened in the final years of the Revolution?
France evolved into a parliamentary democracy. Louis XIV was restored to power.	Marie Antoinette took her husband's place as ruler. Weak leadership paved the way for a coup d'état by Napoleon.

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