AP Euro French Revolution

Which of the following was the most important cause of discontent among the French peasantry in the decades leading up to the French Revolution?

• The failure of the government to encourage significant emigration to Canada

• The efforts by many landowners to revive various kinds of taxes and feudal dues

• The spread of Enlightenment critiques of organized religion

• The drafting of large numbers of peasants to serve in the French army

• The creation of large numbers of robe nobles by the French monarchy

Which of the following best characterizes 18th century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789?

• The economic status of the peasantry was improving dramatically

• The aristocracy’s power had eroded completely

• The privileges of the clergy were declining

• The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis

• The participation of the bourgeoisie in legislative affairs was increasing dramatically

A distinguishing feature of the Old Regime in 18th Century France was its

• Dominant influence of the Roman Catholic Church on the cultural life of the elites

• Steady decline in the peasant population

• Growth of modern machine industry in manufacturing centers such as Lyon

• Inability of the monarchy to carry out the reforms necessary for its survival

• Mass emigration to colonies in the New World

The meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 marked a significant step toward revolution in France because it

• Exposed the plans of Louis XVI to abdicate in favor of his son

• Provided a legitimate forum for critics of the Old Regime

• Included a proposal to confiscate noble estates to raise government revenue

• Revealed the extent of papal influence on the French royal family

• Gave the clergy and the nobility an opportunity to overthrow the monarchy

The cahiers written on the eve of the French Revolution served which of the following purposes?

• To present grievances and proposals for reform

• To form the basis of a new constitution and code of laws

• To represent the guilds’ interests to the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

• To restore the aristocracy to a full partnership with the monarchy

• To make the clergy responsible to the national bureaucracy

The Tennis Court Oath symbolized

• The resolve of the National Assembly to create a new constitution

• The desire of the National Assembly to behead the king and queen

• The resolve of the 1st and 2nd Estates to resist change

• The resolve of the monarchy to resist change

• The determination of Robespierre to eliminate all enemies of the state

Which of the following acted as a major intellectual cause of the French Revolution

• The revival of classical art and architecture

• Enlightenment ideals of natural law and equality

• Descartes’ dualism of mind and matter

• Hobbes’s theories of human nature

• John Wesley’s Methodist revival in religion

The ‘Great Fear’ in the summer of 1789 was the result of rumors that

• the harvest was far smaller than expected

• the great French estates were not to be broken up and redistributed among the peasants

• the monarchy was about to be restored

• aristocrats were plotting to attack peasants

• French farms would be collectivized

The sequence of events that led to the French Revolution of 1789 is best summarized by which of the following

• Lafayette call for democracy, royal suppression of the National Assembly, Robespierre’s leading a peasant revolution

• Peasant uprisings, royal family flees France, election of the Directory

• War of the First Coalition (Britain, Austria, Prussia declare war on France), urban riots, convening of the Estates General

• Widespread famine, repression of riots, guerilla war

• Royal financial crisis, meeting of the Estates General, storming of the Bastille

Abbé Sieyès considered the third estate

• a bunch of rabble-rousers.

• the true strength of the French nation.

• those who adhered to liberalism.

• the business and professional elite.