Revolutions

The French Revolution began in 

• 1776
• 1789
• 1876
• 1798

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

The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

The French Revolution began when King Louis XVI

• was executed
• had his troops attack Paris
• called the Estates General together
• abdicated

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

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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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This Enlightenment thinker was especially important for the ideas of the Revolution

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• David Hume

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