French Revolution

The French Revolution was inspired by _______________ thinkers.

• Scientific Revolution

• Clergy

• Enlightenment

• Revolutionary

Which estate did the clergy belong to?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Which estate did the nobles belong to?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Which group made up the vast majority of French society?

• The Clergy

• First Estate

• Ancient Regime

• Third Estate

About what portion of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 2 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 97 percent

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally

• the upper classes paid the most taxes

• the poorest classes paid all the taxes

• the third estate was the wealthiest

Which of the following was a reason why France was nearly bankrupt?

• The king lowered taxes

• The king took their money to create jobs

• The king spent the taxes on wars and himself

• They had fought against the Americans in the revolution

French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Congressional Assembly

What charter, passed by the National Assembly, officially destroyed the inequality of the Old Regime?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Constitution of 1791

• Tennis Court Oath

• Declaration of Independence

One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 

• bourgeoisie

• aristocracy

• sans culottes

• denoument