SS 7-3.1

Which event represented the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Reign of Terror
• Tennis Court Oath
• Storming of the Bastille
• Forming of the National Assembly

Which group of people paid the majority of taxes, were underrepresented in government, and made up the Third Estate?

• foreigners
• the nobility
• the Roman Catholic clergy
• lawyers, merchants, and peasants

Which estate included the clergy?

• the First Estate
• the Second Estate
• the Third Estate
• the Fourth Estate

Who led the Reign of Terror?

• King Louis XVI
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Maximilien Robespierre
• The Pope and his cardinals

What was the uniform system of laws Napoleon Bonaparte created for France?

• Hammurabi's Code
• Napoleonic Code
• Justinian's Code
• Declaration of Human Rights

What did the creation of the National Assembly symbolize for France?

• the end of the revolution and the reestablishment of an absolute monarch
• the beginning of an absolute form of government and an end to representative legislature
• the beginning of an absolute monarchy and an end of divine right of kings
• the end of an absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government

What was a characteristic of the Directory?

• conservative
• radical
• religious
• liberal

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• unfair social division
• religious differences
• extravagant spending
• government debt

What did NOT inspire the French Revolution?

• American Revolution
• Enlightenment
• Ideas of John Locke
• Rise of Napoleon

What is a characteristic of the National Convention, Jacobins, and Maximilien Robespierre?

• conservative
• radical
• traditional
• religious