French Revolution

The attack on a Paris prison by enraged citizens was called

• the storming of the Bastille

• the Great Fear.

• the Reign of Terror.

• the Long March.

In 1789, King Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General primarily

• eliminate feudal dues.

• increase the influence of the peasants.

• raise taxes to pay off growing debt.

• protect the privelages of the First and Second Estates.

The largest social group included in the Third Estate was

• the bourgeoisie.

• the artisans.

• the peasants.

• the nobility.

The Tennis Court Oath was made by

• a group of moderates known as Girondists.

• King Louis XVI.

• Napolean.

• representatives of the Third Estate.

Louis XVI was executed after being accused of

• supporting universal suffrage.

• conspiring with foreign monarchs.

• sabotaging the reactionairies.

• aiding the Jacobians.

Prerevolutionary French society was marked by great social

• inequality.

• harmony.

• mobility.

• apathy.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man guranteed all of the following EXCEPT

• freedom of spech.

• equal rights for women.

• freedom of religion.

• protection against arbituary arrest.

The fall of the Bastille led quickly to the formation

• a revolutionary government in Paris.

• the National Assembly

• the Committee of Public Safety.

• an alliance between the peasants and the nobles.

The nobility's main source of income was

• feudal dues collected from peasants.

• tithes collected from church members.

• taxes on the incomes of artisans and merchants.

• government salaries.

Members of the political faction favoring extreme change were called

• Girondists.

• royalists.

• Jacobins.

• "The Marseillaise".