9th Grade Topic 3 Section 6 Review

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Which type of government did the Constitution of 1791 establish? Options: a limited monarchy, an absolute monarchy, A dictatorship, Individual city-states

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a limited monarchy

Answer explanation

#42 limited monarchy - government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers

#125 Type of government the Constitution of 1791 established - a limited monarchy

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Which group made up the "First Estate" under France's ancien régime?

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The Clergy

Answer explanation

#126 Which group made up each Estate in France? - First Estate Clergy (paid little to no taxes) Second Estate The Nobility (Paid little to no taxes) Third Estate Middle Class & Peasants (Paid nearly all of the taxes)

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Which group made up the "Second Estate" under France's ancien régime?

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The Nobility

Answer explanation

#126 Which group made up each Estate in France? - First Estate Clergy (paid little to no taxes) Second Estate The Nobility (Paid little to no taxes) Third Estate Middle Class & Peasants (Paid nearly all of the taxes)

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Which group made up the "Third Estate" under France's ancien régime?

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The Middle Class, Peasants and the poor

Answer explanation

#126 Which group made up each Estate in France? - First Estate Clergy (paid little to no taxes) Second Estate The Nobility (Paid little to no taxes) Third Estate Middle Class & Peasants (Paid nearly all of the taxes)

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What was the significance of the Paris Commune?

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It could rally the citizens of Paris for protests.

Answer explanation

#127 significance of the Paris Commune - It could mobilize whole neighborhoods for protests or violent action to further the revolution.

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Which of the following are grievances that the Third Estate had: Taxes were too low, They were the only ones paying taxes, Eliminate all religion, The press had too much freedom

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They were the only ones paying taxes

Answer explanation

Only the 3rd estate was paying taxes

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What happened to Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI?

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They were branded traitors and executed

Answer explanation

#81 Louis XVI - Louis XVI (1754–1793) was king of pre-revolutionary France. He failed to support his ministers, who tried to reform France's finances and social institutions. Although he agreed in 1789 to summon the Estates-General, he resisted demands for reform by the National Assembly. He was later branded a traitor and executed in 1793.

#90 Marie Antoinette - Marie Antoinette's (1755–1793) frivolous ways, conduct, and various scandals helped discredit the monarchy. She told her husband, Louis XVI, to resist reform demands by the National Assembly. Like Louis, she was branded a traitor and executed.

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How was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen similar to the Declaration of Independence?

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They both protected individual rights.

Answer explanation

#121 Purpose of the government according to the Declaration of Independence & Declaration of the Rights of Man - protect the natural rights of individual citizens & assure equality of all male citizens

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Which group paid the least amount of taxes? Options: First & Second Estates, Third Estate

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First & Second Estates

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Which group paid the most amount of taxes? Options: First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate

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Third Estate