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  1. Q1. What was the primary grievance of the Third Estate regarding the voting structure of the Estates-General in 1789?
  2. Q2. The 'Tennis Court Oath' was a symbolic moment in 1789 where members of the Third Estate vowed to:
  3. Q3. Which document, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence, outlined the natural and inalienable rights of all French citizens?
  4. Q4. What was the immediate cause of the Parisian women's march on Versailles in October 1789?
  5. Q5. The 'Civil Constitution of the Clergy' (1790) alienated many French peasants from the Revolution because it:
  6. Q6. Which radical political faction, led by figures like Maximilien Robespierre, was responsible for the Reign of Terror?
  7. Q7. The execution of King Louis XVI in January 1793 signaled the final transition of the French government into a:
  8. Q8. The Committee of Public Safety was originally created to:
  9. Q9. Who was the primary target of the 'Thermidorian Reaction' of July 1794?
  10. Q10. What was the name of the five-man executive body that governed France from 1795 to 1799, known for its corruption and inefficiency?
  11. Q11. Which event is widely considered the symbolic start of the French Revolution?
  12. Q12. The term 'Ancien Régime' refers to:
  13. Q13. In 1791, Olympe de Gouges wrote the 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen' to protest:
  14. Q14. What was the 'Great Fear' (Grande Peur) of 1789?
  15. Q15. The radical revolutionaries known as the 'Sans-culottes' were primarily identified by:
  16. Q16. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power began with a 1799 coup d'état that overthrew which government?
  17. Q17. The 1801 Concordat was an agreement between Napoleon and the Pope that:
  18. Q18. Which military campaign is often cited as the beginning of the end for Napoleon's Empire?
  19. Q19. The 'Continental System' was Napoleon's strategy to:
  20. Q20. What was the final battle where Napoleon was defeated by a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington?