French Revolution

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens

The Second Estate was made up of the these people.

• clergy

• common people

• priests

• nobles

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• clergy
• nobles
• common people
• kings and queens

What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes
• God given right to rule
• predetermined rise to power
• enlightenment of kings

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

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

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

• National Guard
• National Assembly
• National Congress
• Continental Congress

All of these the caused a worsening financial condition of the French government EXCEPT:

• monarchs spent lavishly on themselves
• France helped the Patriots in the Revolutionary War
• France bought the French territory in the New World
• France helped the Indians fight the British

The last government of the French Revolution was:

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

The 4th of July is to the Us as _____________ is to France.

• French Independence Day
• Bastille Day
• Waterloo Day
• National Assembly Day

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