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.