French Revolution

The French Revolution began in 

• 1776
• 1789
• 1876
• 1798

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette'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

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The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in 

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Declaration of the Rights of Man
• the US Constitution
• The Edict of Nantes

The Radicals eliminated anyone accused of being against the Revolution during 

• the Terror
• the Great Fear
• Thermidorian Reaction
• Thermidorian Reaction

Member of the Jacobins that came to power in France in 1793?

• Maximillien Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Jacques Pierre 
• Voltaire

Napoleon established a uniform set of laws that limited freedom of speech and of the press to promote order and authority in France. What was this called? 

• Lycees
• Statutory Concordat
• Napoleonic Code
• Plebiscite

What was Napoleon's most disastrous mistake as leader of France?

• Cutting ties with the Catholic Church
• Continental System
• Invasion of Russia
• Establishing puppet governments in the countries surrounding France

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the Guillotine?

• no none
• the nobility
• known revolutionaries
• only Maximillien Robespierre