Which event, occurring on July 14, 1789, is traditionally considered the symbolic start of the French Revolution?

The Women's March on Versailles

What foundational document, passed in August 1789, defined the individual and collective rights of all French estates as universal?

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Granted religious freedom to Protestants

Established a new state religion based on Reason

Made the Catholic Church subordinate to the French government

Widespread famine in the cities

Peasant uprisings against aristocratic landlords

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01Which event, occurring on July 14, 1789, is traditionally considered the symbolic start of the French Revolution?
02Who was the King of France at the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789?
03The period from 1793 to 1794, marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution," is known by what name?
04Which Jacobin leader was the most influential figure on the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror?
05What was the pledge taken by members of the Third Estate, vowing not to separate until a new constitution had been written?
06What foundational document, passed in August 1789, defined the individual and collective rights of all French estates as universal?
07The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a 1790 law that did what?
08What was the name of the most famous and influential radical political club during the French Revolution?
09What was the ultimate fate of King Louis XVI in January 1793?
10The 'Great Fear' (Grande Peur) in the summer of 1789 referred to a period of...
11The French Revolution is generally considered to have ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire, which brought which figure to power as First Consul?
12What was the name of the five-member committee that governed France from 1795 until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799?