French Revolution

Which of the following correctly depicts the 1st Estate

• French nobility and land owners.
• The Clergy including bishops and priests
• The Monarch
• Peasants and shop keepers

Who made up the Third Estate?

• The French clergy and members of church authority
• Bourgeoisie, peasants and urban workers
• Land owning barons and nobility
• The monarch and foreign dignitaries

Which of the following was NOT a concern to the French people leading up to the Revolution?

• The massive debt building up
• A lack of proper tax distribution among the three estates and failure to adopt reforms
• Poor harvests and lack of wheat
• Lack of vacation time for workers

At a famous meeting the participants, "swore to never separate until... we have a constitution" - known as the ______

• Tennis Court Oath
• National Assembly Pledge
• Toulieries Council
• Women's March Oath

Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1790...

• Bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials
• The Church gave up all its land and holdings to the people
• The French government appointed Priests friendly to the King
• The Pope lost his power

What caused the mob of people to storm the Bastille in July of 1789?

• It was holding French philosophers who had spoken against the king
• Rumors of royal troops were going to occupy the capital city, Paris
• French citizens were being guillotined daily
• Louis XVI was going to use it as another palace

How was the king supposedly recognized when he attempted escape to Austria?

• Someone held up a coin and recognized his image
• The carriage went off the road and the people who helped recognized him
• A spy went ahead of them and warned the towns people
• His carriage had the royal emblem and crest on the front of it

Of the groups of people that made up the National Convention - which was considered to be the most radical?

• The Mountain
• The Girondin
• The Democrats
• The Jacobins

This document was important in creating the French constitution and declaring its citizens equal.

• Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
• Declaration of Sentiments
• Declaration of French Independence
• Declaration of Citizen and Rights

The Second Estate owned approximately what percentage of the land in France leading up to the revolution?

• 95%
• 20%
• 1%
• 50%