Exam 5: French Revolution and Historical Figures

The Constitution of ……….. was the first written constitution of France.

In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled ……………..to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast.

King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and was guillotined on 21st January ………

Year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ……………..

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the ……………………..

Who defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt ?

The 'reign of terror' came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierre who was guillotined on March 13, ………….

July 14, …………saw the fall of the Bastille, a royal fortress and symbol of Bourbon autocracy.

Year of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Who put forward the theory of 'the separation of powers'?

The Bloodless or Glorious Revolution started in England in ……….

After ruling France from 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was dissolved and the new constitution came to be called the Constitution of the Year ……………

Who is regarded as 'the father of the railway locomotive'?

The ………….were moderates who wanted a republican form of government in France.

Queen Marie Antoinette was the Queen of ……………..

The Jacobins of ……………..were republicans of the extreme type.

"The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought." Who said?

Napoleon crowned himself Emperor on 2 December ……….. at Notre Dame de Paris

When his ministers attempted to discuss affairs of the state with him, who merely remarked, "After me, the deluge."

The …………..Revolution began with the fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.