French Revolution Causes

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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.

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all of the above

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The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the French Revolution and came from

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the Enlightenment

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The Second Estate was composed of 

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Nobility

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Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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3rd Estate

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Why was voting in the Estates General unfair? Options: votes were not secret, each estate voted by how many members there were, each estate got the same number of votes, the King got two votes

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each estate got the same number of votes

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When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to

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storm the Bastille

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Which of these contributed to the French Revolution? Options: defeat and occupation by Prussian army, rejection of Enlightenment ideas, participation in the American Revolution, the rise of Napoleon

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participation in the American Revolution

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Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-rooted, cause of the French Revolution? Options: unequal tax burdens, equal land ownership, a law granting peasants more freedom, a growing French empire

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unequal tax burdens

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When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:

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Tennis Court Oath

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Who belonged to the First Estate? Options: nobles, clergy, peasants, royalty

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clergy