French Revolution

The French Revolution was from

• 1776-1784

• 1789-1799

• 1876-1905

• 1798-1814

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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When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution they decided to

• leave the city

• storm the Bastille

• force the King to come to Paris

• none of the above

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

• forced the King to return to Paris

• demanded the King give up the throne

• 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

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st and 3rd Estates

France was bankrupt because

• Marie Antoinette bought dresses

• the American Revolution

• they lost a lot of money

• the 3rd estate spent it all

How did peasants react to high bread prices?

• Wrote strongly worded letters to the king

• had bread riots

• they were mostly ok with it

• complained to their neighbor