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Which estate declared itself the National Assembly in June 1789, claiming to represent the French nation?
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Which political system did the Constitution of 1791 establish in France?
- A
An absolute monarchy
- B
A military dictatorship
- C
A constitutional monarchy
- D
A direct democracy
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What was the main purpose of the balance-of-power principle at the Congress of Vienna?
- A
Preventing one state from dominating Europe
- B
Abolishing every European monarchy
- C
Creating a unified French-led European state
- D
Ending all military alliances
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True or false
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True or false: The universal language of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen meant that all groups in revolutionary France immediately received equal political power.
- A
True
- B
False
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True or false
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True or false: Napoleon's domestic settlement preserved some revolutionary reforms while limiting political liberty and concentrating authority in the state.
- A
True
- B
False
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What was the surname, including the particle, of the writer who authored the 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen?
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Complete the statements: After being locked out of their meeting hall, deputies made the . On July 14, 1789, Paris crowds stormed the seeking weapons and gunpowder.
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Complete the statements: Napoleon reduced religious conflict through the . He unified French civil law through the .
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Open ended
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Explain how the French Revolution's universal language about rights and equality conflicted with its limits on political inclusion. Use at least two examples from the material and explain why this contradiction mattered for modern political history.
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A proposed tax reform would have affected the estate that carried most of France's tax burden. Which estate was that?
- A
The First Estate
- B
The Third Estate
- C
The Second Estate
- D
The royal household alone
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Which two developments helped strengthen nationalism during the Revolution and Napoleonic era? Select all that apply.
- A
Mass conscription
- B
The restoration of feudal privilege
- C
Patriotic propaganda
- D
The elimination of political identity
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Which condition most directly illustrates the unequal social structure that contributed to the French Revolution?
- A
The First Estate carried most taxes because it controlled the Church.
- B
The Third Estate carried most taxes despite containing most of the population.
- C
The Second Estate paid all taxes because it owned most agricultural land.
- D
All three estates shared the tax burden equally under the Old Regime.
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What was the main political significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
- A
To restore the king’s unrestricted authority
- B
To begin a military alliance with Austria and Prussia
- C
To remain assembled until France had a constitution
- D
To abolish the National Assembly and return to the Estates-General
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Which interpretation best captures the central tension in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
- A
It rejected natural rights in favor of hereditary privilege.
- B
It immediately created full political equality for every person in France.
- C
It restored the political authority of the Catholic Church.
- D
It proclaimed broad rights while limiting their political application.
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Which policy combination best explains how the Committee of Public Safety attempted to protect the French Republic during the revolutionary crisis?
- A
It used emergency government measures to defend the Republic during crisis.
- B
It restored the Bourbon monarchy while ending revolutionary institutions.
- C
It transferred all political authority to elected local departments.
- D
It ended military mobilization so that civil liberties could be fully restored.
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True or false
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True or false: The Congress of Vienna restored many traditional monarchies, but it could not fully reverse the political and social changes unleashed by the Revolution and Napoleon.
- A
True
- B
False
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Written response
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What was the promulgation date of Napoleon’s Civil Code? Enter the date in ISO format YYYY-MM-DD.
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What official title did Napoleon assume after the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799?
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Select all the developments that the material identifies as part of the sequence leading to the end of Napoleon’s rule.
- A
The invasion of Russia in 1812 severely weakened Napoleon’s position.
- B
European coalitions defeated Napoleon in 1813–1814 and forced his abdication.
- C
Napoleon returned from exile during the Hundred Days in 1815.
- D
Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo ended his rule.
- E
The Directory was restored after Napoleon’s defeat.
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A historian is identifying the starting point of the prolonged Spanish struggle against French occupation described in the material. In what year did the Peninsular War begin? Enter the year only.