French Rev. Primary Source Quiz

“The National Assembly, considering that it has been summoned to establish the constitution of the kingdom, to recreate the public order, and to maintain the true principles of monarchy"
What was the National Assmbly's goals?

• To guillotine the King
• To write a constitution with a limited monarchy
• To summon King Louis XVI to Paris
• To make an army loyal to the people

"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights."
This quote is most like the ideas from 

• John Locke
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau

"The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression."
This quote is most like the ideas from 

• Locke
• Hobbes
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

"The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation."
This quote is most similar to the ideas from 

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Jefferson

"Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights."
This quote explains whose ideas about a social contract?

• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Locke

"Law is the expression of the general will. Every citizen has a right to participate personally, or through his representative, in its foundation. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes."
Which enlightenment thinker's ideas does this most resemble?

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Jefferson

"A common contribution is essential for the maintenance of the public forces and for the cost of administration. This should be equitably distributed among all the citizens in proportion to their means."
Why was this included in the Declaration of Rights of Man?

• Third Estate was tired of paying all the taxes
• Second Estate was tired of paying too many taxes
• Bourgeoisie didn't want to pay taxes
• King Louis had been financing the whole police force and the people wanted to contribute

"Decrees that all members of this Assembly shall immediately take a solemn oath not to separate,"
What is this oath known as?

• Versailles Oath
• Assembly Oath
• Tennis Court Oath
• Separation Oath

Who wrote "What is the Third Estate?"

• Thomas Jefferson
• Hobbes
•  Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
• King Louis XVI

"The Third Estate embraces then all that which belongs to the nation; and all that which is not the Third Estate, cannot be regarded as being of the nation."
Who does Seiyes not include as part of the nation?

• Bourgeoisie
• Workers
• Peasants
• Nobles