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

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

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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 is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?

• it led to a new constitution for France
• it started the French Revolution
• it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
• it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon

Who tried to create their own government and vowed to write their own constitution?

• The National Assembly
• King Louis XVI
• The Clergy
• The emigres

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The King and Queen were viewed as

• good leaders

• unconcerned with the needs of the people

• honest and good stewards of the people

• Presidential

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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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Monarch of France during the 1780s

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

• Louis XVI

• Louis XIII