French Revolution

Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?

• defeat and occupation by Prussian army
• rejection of Enlightenment ideas
• participation in the American Revolution
• the rise of Napoleon

During the mid­1700s, the French people were divided into estates, or classes. Which of the following formed the largest and poorest class in French society?

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

 How could the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI best be described? 

• democracy
• constitutional government
• limited government
• unlimited government

 All of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy except the __________.

• American Revolution
• Reign of Terror
• Declaration of Independence
• ideas of the Enlightenment 

Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 

• unequal tax burdens
• equal land ownership
• a law granting peasants more freedom 
• a growing French empire

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen stated the powers of government came from the people, not the king. What Enlightenment thinker also shared this idea?

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Locke 

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What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? 

• the declaration of the Edict of Nantes
• Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France
• unification of French city­ states
• the restoration of Louis XVI 

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Napoleon Bonaparte used his power to change France into an empire. What other change did he bring to France? 

• He created a bureaucracy based on social class or birth.
• He devised a new legal code for France.
• He ended European wars.
• He raised taxes. 

Which leader used guerrilla warfare­­ a form of combat in which soldiers make surprise attacks from strategic hiding spots ­­in the revolution to unite southern Italy?

• Giuseppe Garibaldi 
• Louis XVI
• Wilhelm I
• Victor Emmanuel

Otto von Bismark, the leader of the revolution to unite Germany, followed a policy of ___. 

• pacifism
• socialism
• constitutionalism
• realpolitik