HIEU 242 exam 1 Practice Questions with Solutions 2024

HIEU 242 exam 1 Practice Questions with Solutions 2024 What French king is considered a paradigmatic example of absolutist ruler? Louis XVI What three "orders" made up Ancien Regime society? Clergy, Nobility, Commoners what % of the French population did the first two orders represent? 3% what % of French land did the first two orders control? 35-40% What did the term "privilege" originally mean? private laws to protect nobility and clergy What made an individual "honorable" in Ancien Regime society? distinguished at birth How were the Enlightenment thinkers called? philosophes Who wrote "Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chain"? Rousseau What order did Abbe Sieyes belong to? clergy The initial goal of the French revolutionaries was to abolish the monarchy. True or False? true Following his failed attempt at fleeing France, Louis XVI was tried for treason and found guilty by unanimous vote of the National Convention. True or False? true the decision to sentence Louis XVI to death was also unanimous. True or False? false What French revolutionary became the leader of the Terror? Robespierre How was the clergy that refused to take the oath to the Constitution called? Refractory clergy How was the clergy that took the oath called? Constitutional clergy How were the nobles who fled France at the outbreak of the Revolution called? emigre During the French Revolution, Napoleon was part of the radical revolutionaries. True or False? true how were the radical revolutionaries called? Jacobins Napoleon's Egypt campaign aimed at weakening what enemy of France? great britain What was the size of the army that Napoleon mobilized for the Russian Campaign? 400,000 The Estates-General was an assembly composed of representatives of the three orders of France. When had the Estates General last convened before the 18th century? 1614 Which intellectual of the Enlightenment wrote in support of a system of government based on checks and balances? montesquieu Deism, the "religion" of the Enlightenment, expressed the belief that: God created the universe, but no longer took an active interest in it How did 19th century middle-classes saw themselves as respectable? Through financial hard work, conspicuous consumption