The Causes of the French Revolution

All of the following are members of the third estate EXCEPT:

• peasants
• workers
• bourgeoisie 
• nobles

The king of France during the French Revolution:

• Napoleon
• Leoverture 
• Louis XVI
• Robespierre

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

The French Revolution was inspired by _______________ thinkers.

• Scientific Revolution
• Clergy
• Enlightenment
• Revolutionary

Which estate paid ALL of the taxes in France prior to the French Revolution?

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

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as:

• Women's March on Versailles
• Reign of Terror
• The Great Fear
• Tennis Court Oath

The third estate attacked a prison killing guards, letting the prisoners go, and tearing down portions of the old fort brick by brick. This event is known as:

• Storming of the Bastille

• Reign of Terror

• The Great Fear

• Tennis Court Oath

The slogan of the French Revolution:

• life, liberty, property

• liberty, equality, democracy

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• no taxation without representation

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

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