History 1020 Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers 2026
Estates- General - <CORRECT ANSWER >>The representative body of all three estates (nobility,
clergy, peasantry)
Tennis Court Oath - <CORRECT ANSWER >>June 20, 1789. Oath taken by 3rd estate stating they
will not disband until they had been recognized as a national assembly and had written a new
constitution.
Bastille - <CORRECT ANSWER >>July 14, 1789. Medieval fort in Paris. Stormed by the people of
Paris to obtain weapons and gunpowder after noticing Louis XVI 18,000 troops headed to
control the delegates.
Great Fear - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Summer 1789. Peasants rise against their lords, ransacking
houses and burning account books that recorded their obligations.
Decrees of August 4th - <CORRECT ANSWER >>August 4, 1789. Peasant serfdom, hunting rights,
legal fees, and others abolished
Declaration of the rights of Man - <CORRECT ANSWER >>August 27, 1789. Clarion call of the
liberal revolutionary ideal that guaranteed equality before the law, representative government
for sovereign people, and individual freedom.
Legislative Assembly - <CORRECT ANSWER >>1791-1792. Legislative group under new
constitution, created laws limiting King's power
National Convention - <CORRECT ANSWER >>French revolution's first republic, created
committee of public safety, conscription.
, Reign of Terror - <CORRECT ANSWER >>1793-1794. A period of remorseless repression or
bloodshed, Robespierre and the committee of public safety enforced compliance w/ republican
beliefs and practices.
Robespierre - <CORRECT ANSWER >>He was the key leader of a minority group of radical
Jacobin deputies. Robespierre proposed a self-denying ordinance saying that no member of the
constituent assembly could sit in the next legislative assembly. Head of Committee of Public
Safety. He opposed war, he believed the real threat came from the soldiers like Lafayette. He
then took a month away from his political career, he then made a speech (on thermidor)
attacking those who he believed were plotting against the government. He was later executed.
Danton - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Wants to bring the reign of terror to a halt, but Robespierre
sees this as treason and sentences him and his followers to death. Executions go up.
Girondists - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Group of Jacobins that stood for the middle class, wanted a
republic
Jacobins - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Well-educated middle class men that supported the working
class, wanted to get rid of King but still have heavy government, radical
Directory - <CORRECT ANSWER >>End of reign of terror, more modern government, balanced,
republic. Allows rise of Napoleon.
Napolean - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Rose quickly, appreciated geography, huge popularity from
the Italian campaign, mass and mobility (military strategy). Example of reform is Merit Based
Bureaucracy. Defeats include Battle of Trafalgar, Waterloo, Russian Campaign
Continental System - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Economic blockade against the British used by
Napoleon after Battle of Trafalgar
Correct Answers 2026
Estates- General - <CORRECT ANSWER >>The representative body of all three estates (nobility,
clergy, peasantry)
Tennis Court Oath - <CORRECT ANSWER >>June 20, 1789. Oath taken by 3rd estate stating they
will not disband until they had been recognized as a national assembly and had written a new
constitution.
Bastille - <CORRECT ANSWER >>July 14, 1789. Medieval fort in Paris. Stormed by the people of
Paris to obtain weapons and gunpowder after noticing Louis XVI 18,000 troops headed to
control the delegates.
Great Fear - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Summer 1789. Peasants rise against their lords, ransacking
houses and burning account books that recorded their obligations.
Decrees of August 4th - <CORRECT ANSWER >>August 4, 1789. Peasant serfdom, hunting rights,
legal fees, and others abolished
Declaration of the rights of Man - <CORRECT ANSWER >>August 27, 1789. Clarion call of the
liberal revolutionary ideal that guaranteed equality before the law, representative government
for sovereign people, and individual freedom.
Legislative Assembly - <CORRECT ANSWER >>1791-1792. Legislative group under new
constitution, created laws limiting King's power
National Convention - <CORRECT ANSWER >>French revolution's first republic, created
committee of public safety, conscription.
, Reign of Terror - <CORRECT ANSWER >>1793-1794. A period of remorseless repression or
bloodshed, Robespierre and the committee of public safety enforced compliance w/ republican
beliefs and practices.
Robespierre - <CORRECT ANSWER >>He was the key leader of a minority group of radical
Jacobin deputies. Robespierre proposed a self-denying ordinance saying that no member of the
constituent assembly could sit in the next legislative assembly. Head of Committee of Public
Safety. He opposed war, he believed the real threat came from the soldiers like Lafayette. He
then took a month away from his political career, he then made a speech (on thermidor)
attacking those who he believed were plotting against the government. He was later executed.
Danton - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Wants to bring the reign of terror to a halt, but Robespierre
sees this as treason and sentences him and his followers to death. Executions go up.
Girondists - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Group of Jacobins that stood for the middle class, wanted a
republic
Jacobins - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Well-educated middle class men that supported the working
class, wanted to get rid of King but still have heavy government, radical
Directory - <CORRECT ANSWER >>End of reign of terror, more modern government, balanced,
republic. Allows rise of Napoleon.
Napolean - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Rose quickly, appreciated geography, huge popularity from
the Italian campaign, mass and mobility (military strategy). Example of reform is Merit Based
Bureaucracy. Defeats include Battle of Trafalgar, Waterloo, Russian Campaign
Continental System - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Economic blockade against the British used by
Napoleon after Battle of Trafalgar
