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 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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What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes
• God given right to rule
• predetermined rise to power
• enlightenment of kings

This type of government is a rule by one, usually a king or queen and is passed through generations

• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy
• Republic
• Monarchy

This government believes in giving the power to the people and separating the government into separate branches

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Anarchy

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

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest

brilliant military leader who could be described as ruthlessly ambitious

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• José Bonaparte
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Martha Stewart 

Revolutionaries responded to the king on July 24th by seizing this prison...

• Bastille
• Versailles
• Eiffel
• Huntsville