French Revolution

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

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In 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles and 

• forced the King to return to Paris
• demanded that the King abdicate
• demanded that the King leave France
• all of the above

What was the significance of the Storming of the Bastille?

• Bastille was symbol to the people of France representing years of kindness by the monarchy
• it represented a challenge to the Old Regime
• the event was ignored by most of the French and proved the revolution was unpopular
• most French today argue that the Storming of the Bastille was not important

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The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

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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

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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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The Reign of Terror was a time when

• Marie Antoinette was executed

• The Committee of Public Safety used terror to keep the Republic safe

• Thousands of French people were sent to the guillotine

• all of these

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The TERROR ended when...

• Marie Antoinette was executed.

• Louis XVI was executed.

• Marat was murdered in his bath.

• Robespierre was executed.

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How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
• absolute monarchy was strengthened
• support for absolute monarchy increased
• France was divided into three estates