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- 1. Multiple Choice
The First Estate was made up of this group.
clergy
common people
nobles
kings and queens
- 2. Multiple ChoiceOne cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called thebourgeoisiearistocracysans culottesdenoument
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOnly this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.1st Estate2nd Estate3rd Estate1st and 3rd Estates
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?all the estates were taxed equallythe upper classes paid the most taxesthe poorest classes paid all the taxesthe third estate was the wealthiest
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened at the Storming of the Bastille?When French women stormed the palace.A period of mass executions.Storming of the French prison.End of the French Revolution.Peasants storm a French prison. Beginning of French Rev.
- 6. Multiple Choice
which one is the flag of France ?
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the French anthem ?
La Marseillaise
La danse des canards
La vie en rose
L'hymne à la joie
- 8. Multiple ChoiceLouis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because:The army turned against himIt was the only way he could remain MonarchThousands of women stormed Versailles and forced him to agreeHis escape attempt failed
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe term Sans Culottes means "without Breeches". What meaning did this take on during the Revolution?women didn't wear skirtsPeople were poor and couldn't afford pantsPeople who did not use gunsOrdinary patriots without fine clothes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the Three Estates was NOT exempt from the Taille?The First Estate (clergy)The Second Estate (nobility)The Third Estate (Commoners)They all paid tax
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and The Citizen proclaimed:Equal rights for all men, but no political rights for womenan end to the monarchyequal rights for all citizens and political rights for womenan end to police force
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhen the Estates-General convened in May 1789, it was the intention of Louis XVI to do what?Give up the MonarchyThrow a partyRaise taxesGo to war
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat two countries vowed to use force to restore Louis XVI's power?England and RussiaPrussia and PolandAustria and BosniaAustria and Prussia
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which wasA promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis braceletsa vow to meet until a constitution was finishedan oath of loyalty to Jean Valjeanan oath to execute all clerty
- 15. Multiple Choice
In 1791, France's new constitution changed France's government to a(n) _________________.
Republic
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
- 16. Multiple Choice
What charter, passed by the National Assembly, officially destroyed the inequality of the Old Regime?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Constitution of 1791
Tennis Court Oath
Declaration of Independence
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Reign of Terror was a time when
Marie Antoinette was executed
The Committee of Public Safety used terror to keep the Republic safe
Thousands of French people were sent to the guillotine
all of these
- 18. Multiple Choice
The TERROR ended when...
Marie Antoinette was executed.
Louis XVI was executed.
Marat was murdered in his bath.
Robespierre was executed.
- 19. Multiple Choice
An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.
Estates General
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen
- 20. Multiple Choice
The period from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.
Great Fear
French Revolution
Reign of Terror
Tennis Court Oath
- 21. Multiple Choice
11) In October of 1789, thousands of women marched to the King’s palace demanding
Money
Lower prices for bread
Cows and chickens
Cute husbands
- 22. Multiple Choice
France was deep in debt because
money spent on the American Revolution
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
the 1st and 2nd estates barely paid any taxes
all of the above
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?To execute the kingTo write a new constitutionTo stage a Coup d'etatTo make France independent
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which estate paid the majority of the taxes in France prior to the French Revolution?
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe French Revolution was inspired by _______________ thinkers.Scientific RevolutionClergyEnlightenmentRevolutionary
- 26. Multiple Choice
The document that increased the rights of all French citizens
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Declaration of Independence
Tennis Court Oath
Constitution
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