French Revolution

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What groups of people made up the First and Second Estate?

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nobles and clergy

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What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?

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all men were free and equal

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What did the French people hope Napoleon would do? Options: restore Louis XIV, end British control of France, adopt the ideas of the Protestant Reformation.

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provide stability for the nation

Front

Who made the Tennis Court Oath?

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representatives of Third Estate

Front

Who was Louis XVI's wife?

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Marie Antoinette

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The Enlightenment and American Revolution influenced the French Revolution.

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True

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Who led the Reign of Terror?

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Robespierre

Front

Who surrounded the palace and forced Louis XVI to leave Versailles and return to Paris?

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women demanding bread

Front

On July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed what place to obtain gunpowder and weapons?

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Bastille

Front

Which of the following DO NOT apply to the Great Fear?

• attacks on nobles occurred throughout the country
• hungry, impoverished peasants feared that nobles were seeking greater privileges
• peasants fled abroad to Africa and the Middle East
• France suffered the worst famine in history

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peasants fled abroad to Africa and the Middle East