French Revolution

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

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

The radicals who took over the revolution were led by 

• Louis XVI
• Robespierre
• Rousseau
• Marquis de Lafayette

The Reign of Terror was directed primarily at

• the aristocracy

• monarchists and Girondists

• members of the middle class

• any and all enemies of the Revolution

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

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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