French Revolution

When did the French Revolution begin?

• 1788

• 1799

• 1789

• 1790

The French Revolution was a movement responsible for taking France out of a ...

• Republic

• Empire

• Democracy

• Absolutist monarchy.

France at the beginning of the French Revolution was divided into 3 estates, being ...

• the church, the nobles, and the commoners

• King, nobles and clergy

• clergy, peasants and the king

• bourgeoisie, nobles and the king

What was the motto of French Revolution?

• Equality, freedom and respect

• Liberty, equality and fraternity.

• Fraternity, equality and liberalism

• enlightenment, liberalism and freedom

France was going through a serious economic crisis because

• spent too much money on helping peasants.

• financed its own army to protect its colonies around the world.

• financed the American Revolution and also spent a great deal of money with nobility expenses and luxury.

• spent too much money with the clergy.

Which group did break away from the Estates-General declaring they were then the National Assembly?

• nobility

• clergy

• the king

• commoners

The financial crisis was also due to the difficulty of collecting money in France. It happened because ...

• The nobility and the clergy paid no taxes.

• The king paid no taxes.

• Nobody paid taxes.

• The nobles paid all the taxes.

Which event marks the beginning of the French Revolution?

• The coronation of Napoleon

• The crowd released the prisoners from the Bastille.

• The convening of the Estates-General

• the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citize

In August 1789 the National Assembly approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which...

• stated that slaves and white man have equal rights.

• stated that Absolut monarchy should remain.

• stated that women have the same rights as men.

• stated that all people are born free and have equal rights

In August 1789 the National Assembly ...

• It said that peasants no longer had to farm nobles’ land for no pay. It gave most male citizens the right to vote. It took property away from the Roman Catholic Church.

• It said everything would be kept the same way.

• It said that democracy would be put in practice and maintained all church's privileges .

• It said that peasants should keep farming for nobles for no payment. It gave slaves the same rights as whote man. It took away from the Roman Catholic Church.