The French Revolution Begins

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

• inequalities in the tax structure
• economic success of mercantlism
• failure of the congress of Vienna
• Continental System in Europe

… We must ask ourselves three questions. 1. What is the Third Estate? Everything.
2. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. 3. What does it want to be? Something. …
What did the Third Estate want? 

• independence from France
• more influence in the political system
• removal of the monarchy
• freedom of religion in France

Which revolution resulted from the division of society shown in this diagram?

• Puritan
  (1642) 
• French (1789)
• Mexican (1910)
• Russian (1917)

Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their 

• education level
• geographic region
• social class
• religious beliefs

Approximately what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 1%
• 10%
• 50%
• 97%

“The National Assembly, considering that it has been summoned to establish the constitution of the kingdom, to effect the regeneration of the public order, and to maintain the true principles of monarchy; that nothing can prevent it from continuing the deliberations in whatever place it may be forced to establish itself; and finally, that wheresoever its members are assembled, there is the National Assembly…” (Tennis Court Oath, 1789). According to this excerpt from the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly believed its job was to _____.

• address only the cahiers
• create a constitution
• overthrow the monarchy
• write a new penal code

Which of these correctly replaces the X on the timeline? 

• The Reign of Terror begins
• The storming of the Bastille
• The execution of Maximillien Robespierre
• Napoleon defates Austrian armies in Taly

A sudden or significant change in the old ways of doing things can occur in many areas at any time, but usually have certain similarities  as well as political, economic and social causes.

• technology
• revolution
• rebellion
• insurrection

One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• sans culottes
• denoument

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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