French Revolution

Lawyers, craftsmen, merchants, and commoners make up which estate?

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Estates General

Which of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy?

• The Reign of Terror and the Ideas of the Enlightenment
• The Napoleonic Code and ideas of the Enlightenment
• Ideas of the Enlightenment and the American revolution
• The Scientific Revolution and the Reign of Terror

The clergy and church officials made up which estate?

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Estates General

The nobles made up which Estate?

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Estates General

Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?

• Louis XVI
• Peter the Great
• Robespierre
• Marquis de Lafayette

Why did the Commoners want to destroy the Bastille?

• It as a symbol of the king and everything wrong with France
• It would end the revolution in France
• The nobles were hiding there
• They were following the orders of Napoleon

How did Louis XVI react to his newly limited power?

• He worked with the people to improve daily life in France
• He started the Reign of Terror to remove his enemies
• He and his family tried to flee the country and escape
• He declared war on neighboring countries

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

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest