French Revolution

The French Revolution was inspired by _______________ thinkers.

• Scientific Revolution

• Clergy

• Enlightenment

• Revolutionary

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which estate did the nobles belong to?

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

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

• 2 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 97 percent

Which group made up the vast majority of French society?

• The Clergy

• First Estate

• Ancient Regime

• Third Estate

Monarch of france during the 1780s

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

• Louis XVI

• Louis XIII

Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Radical political club during the French Revolution that wanted to remove the king and establish a republic. Both middle class men and women joined.

• Sans-Cullotes

• Radicals

• Emigres

• Jacobins

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety, he and his followers tried to wipe out all traces of France's past monarchies.

• Louis XVI

• Maximillien Robespierre

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Napoleon Bonaparte

A committee established during the French Revolution to identify "enemies of the republic."

• Committee of Public Safety

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Estates General

The period from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.

• Great Fear

• French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Tennis Court Oath