Global 2 Unit 1 French Rev and Napoleon

What group of people made up the First Estate in France under the Old Regime?

• Clergy
• Nobles
• Peasants
• Revolutionaries

What group of people made up the Second Estate in France under the Old Regime?

• Clergy
• King Louis XIV's immediate family
• Peasants
• Nobles

What did King Louis XIV propose to stimulate France's economy and repay government debt?

• Increasing taxes on the Third Estate.
• War with Prussia
• Taxing the Second Estate
• Splitting with the Catholic Church

Why did the Third Estate leave the meeting of the Estates General and form the National Assembly?

• They were being taxed more
• They were being taxed less
• Their proposal for more representation in the voting process was denied
• They were never invited to the meeting of the Estates General

What caused the mob of people to storm the Bastille in July of 1789?

• The Bastille was holding wrongfully accused members of the Third Estate
• The Swiss Army was approaching the the Bastille provided protection
• Rumors of military force against the National Assembly had people searching for arms in preparation
• Louis XVI was hiding in the Bastille

Why did a mob of Parisian women march on the Palace of Versailles in October 1789?

• They were searching for arms to prepare for war with Prussia
• They were protesting the rising price of bread
• They were trying to arrest Marie Antoinette to put her on trial
• King Louis XVI denied the legislation that would acknowledge the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen

In 1791, the National Assembly created a law-making body of government called

• Parliament
• Congress
• National Convention
• Legislative Assembly

In 1791 the National Assembly restructured the government to a constitutional monarchy. How would this act be classified?

• Conservative
• Radical
• Moderate
• Jacobin

Which foreign country invaded France during their revolution and why?

• England; because they split with the Catholic Church
• Spain; because they saw an opportunity to expand their empire
• Prussia; to prevent revolutionary ideas against a monarchy from spreading throughout Europe
• Italy; because France opposed the Fascist Party

The radical political organization that was in control of the French Government in 1792

• Democrats
• Republicans
• National Convention
• Jacobins