French Revolution Test - B

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Did all French people belong to one of three estates, or orders of society?

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True

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Fearing that Napoleon intended to act against the National Assembly, people wanted him to move from Versailles to Paris as a show of his support.

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False

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In June 1791, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette decided to flee to Spain to escape the growing unrest in England.

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False

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The people of Paris stormed the Bastille to protect the newly formed National Assembly

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True

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The Second estate was comprised of two groups: Higher clergy – bishops and abbots, noblemen by birth and Lower clergy – parish priests who came from poorer backgrounds and were socially more a part of the Third Estate.

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False

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French émigrés, nobles who had fled France, hoped to restore Louis XVI to full power.

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True

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Eventually, the National Assembly declared King Louis XVI as an absolute monarch.

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False

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In October 1789, thousands of men demanding bread marched on Versailles. Armed with sticks and pitchforks, the men forced the king to move to Tours.

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False

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In the summer of 1791, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were caught and returned to Paris where Louis reluctantly accepted the limited monarchy under the Constitution of 1791. True or False?

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True

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In June of 1789, the Second Estate was locked out of the Estates-General. They then renamed themselves the Legislative Assembly and gathered at a nearby indoor tennis court.

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False