French Revolution

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens

The Second Estate was made up of the these people.

• clergy

• common people

• priests

• nobles

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• clergy
• nobles
• common people
• kings and queens

What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes
• God given right to rule
• predetermined rise to power
• enlightenment of kings

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st and 3rd Estates

In pre-revolutionary France, the clergy owned this much of the land.

• 70%
• 10%
• 30%
• 15%

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

• National Guard
• National Assembly
• National Congress
• Continental Congress

All of these the caused a worsening financial condition of the French government EXCEPT:

• monarchs spent lavishly on themselves
• France helped the Patriots in the Revolutionary War
• France bought the French territory in the New World
• France helped the Indians fight the British

The motto of the French Republic was:

• life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
• life, equity, equality
• liberty, equity, brotherhood
• life, liberty, property

The last government of the French Revolution was:

• the Assembly
• the Committee
• the Parliament
• the Directory