Unit 13: Paper 3 — History of Europe (HL)
Topic 13.4: The French Revolution (1774–1815) Questions
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At the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, whose forces arrived late in the day to help defeat Napoleon alongside Wellington's coalition army?
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What event took place on 20 June 1789 after the Third Estate found itself locked out of its usual meeting hall?
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Approximately how many men returned from Napoleon's invasion of Russia out of the roughly 600,000 who set out in June 1812?
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What immediately triggered the collapse of trust between Louis XVI and the revolutionaries in 1791?
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Who was appointed viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy after Napoleon made himself king in 1805?
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Which battle in September 1792 stopped the Prussian advance and is credited with saving the young French Republic?
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Which institution, founded by Napoleon in 1800, was designed to stabilize French currency and credit?
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Which of the following best describes the voting deadlock at the Estates General that opened on 5 May 1789?
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Under the Napoleonic Code of 1804, what was the legal position of a married woman regarding work and property?
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Which body was granted emergency powers by the National Convention in 1793 to defend the Republic amid civil war and foreign invasion?
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Which naval defeat in 1805 forced Napoleon to abandon plans to invade Britain and instead try to strangle its economy through the Continental System?
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Which group gained legal equality for the first time under Napoleonic rule in Italy, including the tearing down of ghetto walls in cities such as Rome and Venice?
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What happened on 27-28 July 1794 (9 Thermidor)?
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Which event of 9–10 November 1799 (18–19 Brumaire) destroyed the Directory and established the Consulate?
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To what extent do you agree that women and peasants gained nothing of lasting value from Napoleonic rule in Italy?
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To what extent do you agree that the final collapse of Napoleon's empire in 1815 was caused more by his own strategic mistakes than by the strength of his enemies?
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Evaluate the claim that Napoleonic rule brought more benefits than costs to the people of Italy.
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Discuss the view that the Continental System was the single most important cause of the collapse of Napoleon's empire.
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To what extent was the 1812 invasion of Russia, rather than any earlier weakness, the decisive turning point in the fall of Napoleon's empire?
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In the 1801 Concordat, what did Napoleon agree with Pope Pius VII?
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