The French Revolution Begins

When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (1789) at the start of the French Revolution, they were attempting to

• establish a military government

• persuade Napoleon to take power

• restore the king to power

• draft a new constitution

Which of these first demonstrated that popular protest would play role in the French Revolution?

• the reign of the Committee of Public Safety

• the trail of Louis XIV

• the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

• the fall of the Bastille

About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

• 98%

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

• Robespierre was executed by guillotine

• French women marched all the way to Versailles

• A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder

• All of the above

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

• the nobility

• the Bourgeoisie

• the clergy

• the Monarchy

What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?

• proposed taxation of the Second Estate

• political representation in the government

• food shortages and riots among the peasants

• equalizing the tax burden among the Three Estates

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

• National Guard
• National Assembly
• National Congress
• Continental Congress

The motto of the French Republic was:

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

Monarch of france during the 1780s

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

• Louis XVI

• Louis XIII