French Revolution

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 kind of leader was King Louis XVI?

• very militaristic

• weak and indecisive

• powerful and well respected

• friendly and well liked

The French Revolution was inspired by _______________ thinkers.

• Scientific Revolution

• Clergy

• Enlightenment

• Revolutionary

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

• 2 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 97 percent

Which estate did the clergy belong to?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution?

• The American Civil War

• The French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• The Seven Years War

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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

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What did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?

• To execute the king

• To write a new constitution

• To stage a Coup d'etat

• To make France independent

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