French Revolution Review

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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

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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

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

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

What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?

• the Third Estate should be abolished

• all men were free and equal

• all Frenchmen had to pay taxes

• French Revolution was null and void

What groups of people made up the First and Second Estate?

• clergy and bourgeoisie

• peasants and middle class citizens

• nobles and clergy

• working class citizens and emigres

The Enlightenment and American Revolution influenced the French Revolution.

• True

• False

Who surrounded the palace and forced Louis XVI to leave Versailles and return to Paris?

• nobles demanding greater privileges

• women demanding bread

• soldiers demanding higher wages

• peasants demanding voting rights

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st and 3rd Estates

The last government of the French Revolution was:

• the Assembly
• the Committee
• the Parliament
• the Directory