The French Revolution and Napoleon

Which of the following caused social unrest in France?

• Nobility still treated peasants in a manner similar to medieval serfdom.

• The Estates-General made most of the important decisions for France

• The French court spent so much money that people did not respect the king

• The peasants owned more land than the nobility.

The social class that was made up of French clergy.

• Estates-General

• bourgeoisie

• First Estate

• taille

The French middle class was called the what?

• Estates-General

• taille

• First Estate

• bourgeoisie

A land tax that hurt the Third Estate most.

• Estates-General

• bourgeoisie

• First Estate

• taille

The name of the French Parliament.

• bourgeoisie

• First Estate

• Estates-General

• talle

The name taken by the Third Estate with the promise to draft a new constitution.

• Estates-General

• bourgeoisie

• National Assembly

• Second Estate

Many of the aristocrats and member of the bourgeoisie were attracted to the ___________, some of which criticized France's absolute system.

• The Tennis Court Oath

• Enlightenment philosophies

• the ideas of the National Assembly

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

One economic cause of the French Revolution was an increase in prices, which,

• channeled more money to merchants and salesmen

• depleted the government's monetary reserves

• led to an equivalent in crease in wages among the nobility

• left people unable to purchase essential goods, such as food.

What was the National Convention's first major step?

• to give land over to the peasants

• execute the king

• to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic

• create a constitutional monarchy

What was the name of the special committee put in charge of crises during the French Revolution?

• the sans-culottes

• The National Convention

• The Committee of Public Safety

• the Republic of Virtue