Big Quiz: VCE AoS1 Causes of The French Revolution

All of the following are members of the third estate EXCEPT:

• peasants
• workers
• bourgeoisie 
• nobles

When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:

• Women's March on Versailles
• Reign of Terror
• The Great Fear
• Tennis Court Oath

What was the Estates-General?

• An advisory body made up of representatives from all three estates.

• An advisory body which ruled France after the Reign of Terror.

• Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away.

• A radical group.

Which is NOT a notion which was important for Enlightenment thinkers?

• Free commerce

• Challenge the divine right to rule

• Appealing to lower class

• A desire for national pride

In which month in 1789 was the Tennis Court Oath taken?

• April

• May

• June

• July

In what year was the Assembly of the Notables convoked?

• 1786

• 1787

• 1788

• 1789

To which town did Louis ban the Paris Parlement in 1787?

• Trebes

• Trente

• Troyes

• Toronto

When did the American War of Independence end?

• 1778

• 1786

• 1779

• 1783

About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates?

• 2 percent
• 10 percent
• 50 percent
• 98 percent

What was the currency of the Ancien Regime?

• assignat

• franc

• livre

• écu d'or