Unit 3 Assessment Review

The members of the Third Estate took revolutionary action because they

• Were suspicious of the liberal ideas coming out of the French legislature
• Believed that a king should rule by divine right, not the will of the people
• Disagreed with the ideas behind the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
• Had fewer rights, owned less land and paid more taxes than the wealthier members of the French population

Declaration of the Rights of Man wanted liberty for the people of France. This document  embodied the Enlightenment idea that

• The French Revolution was justified
• Reason should guide human affairs
• A constitutional monarchy should exist
• Hereditary and tradition should guide government

All of following factors played a part in starting the French Revolution EXCEPT

• rising debts of the French gov’t
• the success of the American Rev.
• power struggles between the monarchy and the bourgeoisie
• religious struggles between Catholics and Huguenots

Which event was considered to be the spark of the French Revolution?

• Reign of Terror
• Beheading of Louis XIV
• Storming of the Bastille
• Rise of Napoleon

In 1789, the King of France summoned the Estates General primarily to

• Execute those who did not support the revolution
• Increase the influence of the peasants
• Raise taxes to pay off growing debt
• Protect the privileges of the First and Second Estate

What term best describes Napoleon Bonaparte’s ability to unify the French people by appealing to a strong sense of French identity?

• Conscription
• Nationalism
• Federalism
• Reign of Terror

Considered a great uprising by peasants who would steal food and destroy shops and grain elevators following the storming of the Bastille, the __________________ ravaged Paris.

• Great Fear
• Reign of Terror
• Grain Uprisings
• Food shortages

This estate was responsible for censoring books, registering marriages, and distributing wealth to the poor:

• 1st 
• 3rd
• 2nd
• 4th

In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

• Superstition and ignorance were promoted
• The principles of mercantilism were glorified
• The divine right theory of kings was challenged
• Punishments for criminal acts were rooted in vengeance

In the late 1700s, which situation in France is considered a cause of the other three?

• meeting of the Estates General
• unfair policies of taxation
• execution of the king
• storming of the Bastille