French Revolution practice questions

Front

The Clergy were considered to be apart of which class?

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1st

Front

Most of the French population belonged to the

Back

3rd Estate

Front

Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?

Back

peasants

Front

The radical and violent stages of the French Revolution is referred to as the

Back

Reign of Terror

Front

The first Estate was the clergy who owned close to 10 percent of the land?

Back

true

Front

The First Estate was made up of this group.

Back

clergy

Front

The Second Estate was made up of these people: clergy, common people, nobles, priests.

Back

nobles

Front

The Third Estate was made up of these people: clergy, nobles, common people, kings and queens.

Back

common people

Front

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

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National Assembly

Front

Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution? Options: ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, nationalization of the Church, outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety, demand of the Third Estate for more political power

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demand of the Third Estate for more political power