The French Revolution

The motto of the French Republic was:

• life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
• life, equity, equality
• liberty, equity, brotherhood
• life, liberty, property

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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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

When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to 

• leave the city
• storm the Bastille
• force the King to come to Paris
• none of the above

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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