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Who is this?

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

• William of Orange

• Napoleon

What is absolutism?

• The king rules with the help of his ministers

• The king rules alone without the help of his ministers

• The king has no say in the government

Who isn't an enlightened philosopher?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Newton

• Rousseau

What is not an idea of the Enlightenment?

• Democracy

• Estates system

• Seperation of powers

• Division between church and state

What is an economic cause of the French Revolution?

• High taxes

• Bad harvest

• Absolutism

• Enlightenment

• Suppression of the third estate

What was the trigger cause of the French Revolution?

• Absolute rule of Louis XVI made people angry

• Bad harvest in 1788 caused unrest

• Louis XVI is bankrupt and has to call for the Estates General

• The ideas of the Enlightenment spread throught the salons

During the meeting of the Estates- General there was a fight about...

• Who should pay taxes

• How many representatives there should be for every estate

• How often the Estates-General should meet.

• How they should vote.

What did the National Assembly pledge in the Tennis Court Oath?

• Not to leave before they got rid of the king

• Not to leave before there would be a constitution

• Not to leave before there was democracy

• Not to leave before there was freedom of speech

The Bastille was stormed by the National Guard at

• 14 June 1789

• 14 July 1789

• 14 July 1798

• 14 June 1798

What did the French do at la Nuit des Sacrifices?

• They started the Revolution

• They ended the estates system

• They beheaded their King