The French Revolution Test

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In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France

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a republic.

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Government spending more money than it takes in due to borrowing?

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deficit spending

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This group comprised 97% of France's population before the revolution...

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Third Estate

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Consisted of the nobility class who paid little taxes...

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Second Estate

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Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had

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a high tax burden and little political power

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Commoners-the bourgeoisie, professionals, peasants, and urban populace-made up which estate in France?

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the Third Estate

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man guaranteed all of the following EXCEPT: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, equal rights for women

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equal rights for women

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Historians believe that one of Napoleon's greatest impacts is: conquering of Austria and Prussia, the Revised, his escaping from Elba, the Napoleonic Code

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the Napoleonic Code

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Which of the following contributed to France's financial crisis? a drop in the gold supply, peasant uprisings, bad harvests, an extended period of peace

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bad harvests

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The outbreak at the Bastille released a wave of peasant violence throughout France called the...

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the Great Fear