French Revolution Part 1

The situation in Paris on the eve of the Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT

• faith in the king, if not his government

• high unemployment

• high food prices

• fear of a royal aristocratic attack on the city

In the 1780’s, what percent of the budget was spent on interest payments and Versailles

• 50 % and 10%

• 50% and 25%

• 50% and 6%

• none of these are accurate

The men elected to represent the third estate at the Estates General were primarily

• provincial nobles

• businessmen, lawyers, officials...

• peasants

• sans-culottes

Abbe Sieyes’s answer to the question of what is the third estate was

• A bunch of rabble-rousers

• Everything - The most important element of society

• Those who adhered to liberalism

• The business and professional elite

The events in France became a revolution with the

• swearing of the Oath of the Tennis Court

• storming of the Bastille

• declaration of war against Austria and Prussia in 1792

• execution of the king

The term “Great Fear” refers to the

• Reign of Terror

• Murder of thousands of detainees in Paris prisons

• Paranoia in the countryside that fanned the flames of rebellion

• Horrific retreat of the Great Army from Russia in 1812

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following EXCEPT

• equality before the law

• economic equality

• representative government

• individual freedom

What factors contributed to disillusionment with the monarchy? (Select ALL that apply)

• The lack of an heir

• the loss of the 7 years war

• the economic conditions in France

• the extravagance displayed by Louis and Marie

In the Tennis Court Oath, members of the National Assembly swore to

• Meet until they had given France a Constitution

• Provide France with an economic plan for reducing the deficit

• Grant every French citizen freedom of speech and assembly

• Protect the nation by instituting a general draft for military purposes

Which of the following was a factor in the destruction of the Bastille

• The mustering of royal troops

• Famine and the outbreak of bread riots

• The citizens of Paris were collecting arms

• All of these