Ch. 20 - French Revolution & Napoleon

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

• 2%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 98%

Who belonged to the First Estate?

• nobles
• clergy
• peasants
• royalty

The king of France during the French Revolution:

• Napoleon
• Leoverture 
• Louis XVI
• Robespierre

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

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

What was the Estates-General? 

• A group that was made up of reps from all 3 estates.
• Group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror. 
• Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away. 
• A radical group. 

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT:

• Demands by the monarchy for political change

• Food shortages and famine

• Enlightenment ideas

• Financial crisis

• Influence of American Revolution

Which sequence of events is in chronological order (from 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd)?

• Tennis Court Oath, Storming of Bastille, Execution of King

• The Directory, Estates-General, National Assembly

• Reign of Terror, Tennis Court Oath, Execution of the King

• Execution of King, Tennis Court Oath, Storming of the Bastille

Which of the following was responsible for the convening (meeting) of the Estates General in 1789:

• the storming of the Bastille.

• peasant rejection of increased manorial dues.

• royal abolition of guild restrictions.

• the French government's near bankruptcy.

• religious warfare between Huguenots and Catholics.

The seizure of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 was important because it:

• gave the sans-culottes a strong fort from which to launch attacks.

• released thousands of prisoners who joined the revolutionaries.

• represented a successful attack on the tyranny of the Old Regime.

• placed the royal family under the control of the Paris mobs.

What is the name of the document passed by the National Assembly?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
• US Constituion
• Tennis Court Oath
• English Bill of Rights