French Revolution

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

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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

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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

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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Who tried to create their own government and vowed to write their own constitution?

• The National Assembly
• King Louis XVI
• The Clergy
• The emigres

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Who tried to create their own government and vowed to write their own constitution?

• The National Assembly
• King Louis XVI
• The Clergy
• The emigres

What is one right the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen gave to French people

• All citizens paid equal taxes
• People were free to choose which estate they wanted to be in
• All male and female citizens were equal before the law
• All men were born free and with natural rights

What is one right the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen gave to French people

• All citizens paid equal taxes
• People were free to choose which estate they wanted to be in
• All male and female citizens were equal before the law
• All men were born free and with natural rights