French/ American 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 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

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What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes

• God given right to rule

• predetermined rise to power

• enlightenment of kings

Who was Louis XVI?

• Leader of Reign of Terror. 

• King of France when the French Revolution begins. 

• Became Emperor of France. 

• The Sun King. 

What were the French social classes called?

• Rank

• Branches

• Castes

• Estates

During the reign of terror:

• anyone who was thought to be a traitor was killed

• The Girondists attacked the Jacobins

• Certain ethnic groups were targeted

• The nobles started a bloody civil war

What was the main cause of the fiscal crisis that faced France at the start of the revolution?

• Debt incurred while intervening in foreign conflicts

• Building Louis XVI a new palace to rival Versailles

• New tax laws that put the heaviest burden on the rich

• Wasteful spending by Marie Antoinette and the nobility

Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety that organized the reign of Terror?

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.

• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.

• The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.

• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.