Unit 3 Democratic Revolutions Test Review

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• the queen's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

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

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• 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

When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate 

• met separately
• Created the National Assembly
• took the Tennis Court Oath
• all of the above

French King who was executed during the Revolution 

• Napoleon
• Louis XVI
• Klemens von Metternich
• Maximillien Robespierre

How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
• absolute monarchy was strengthened
• support for absolute monarchy increased
• France was divided into three estates

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Peasants
• Nobility
• none of the above

Which of the following would be a member of the First Estate?

• A poor dirt farmer
• A village priest
• A prince
• A rich lawyer

Forcible overthrow of a government in favor of a new system

• Popular Sovereignty 
• Bourgeoisie
• Secularism
• Revolution