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French Revolution & Enlightenment

Authored by Mrs Lester

History

8th Grade

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French Revolution & Enlightenment
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name for the French estate (social class) that had the most money but paid the least amount of taxes?

1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
4th Estate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT a problem experienced by the 3rd Estate that caused them to want to rebel?

Famine
Increased Taxes
High prices
Civil War

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 3rd estate was inspired to revolt against the govt in France due to which Enlightenment thinker's ideas?

Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
John Locke

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name for when the 3rd estate of France overthrew Estates 1 & 2?

French Revolution
American Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Reign of Terror

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened to King Louis XVI (16th) & Queen Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution?

They fled from France
They escaped to Austria
They were executed 
They left but came back to power

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Due to anger over the actions of the top two estates, what were churches renamed during the French Revolution?

Temples of reason & logic
Temples of the sun
Churches
Cathedrals

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name for the period of time right after the french revolution where beheadings by guillotine were common & any "enemy of the revolution" was executed?

French Revolution
Reign of Terror
American Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte

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