French Revolution

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

The First Estate in French society was composed of 

• the Clergy
• people with special courts
• people who did not pay taxes
• all of the abve

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

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Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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

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Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate 

• met separately
• declared themselves the new government
• Created the National Assembly
• all of the above

In 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles and 

• forced the King to return to Paris
• demanded that the King abdicate
• demanded that the King leave France
• all of the above

The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in 

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Declaration of the Rights of Man
• the US Constitution
• The Edict of Nantes

Radicals are people who 

• try to prevent change
• believe in capital punishment
• support the old government
• believe in extreme measures

The radicals who took over the revolution were led by 

• Louis XVI
• Robespierre
• Rousseau
• Marquis de Lafayette