French Revolution

Every 3rd Estate member of the French Old Regime was poor and struggled to live.

• True

• False

Before the Revolution, what kind of government did France have?

• A federal republic

• An absolutist monarchy with a strong king

• An anarchist monarchy without a king

• An absolutist monarchy with a weak king

The King Louis XVI angered the people by financing the

(a)  

This was a privilege of the 1st & 2nd Estates.

• They had access to extra food

• They were entitled to free land

• They did not pay taxes

• They had free health services

At the Estates General, what was the main demand of the 3rd Estate?

• Food for the people

• A Constitution

• To tax the 1st & 2nd Estates

• Vacations in Saint-Tropez

Why was the Bastille a symbol of monarchic tyranny and despotism?

• Because weapons were kept there

• Because it was an old house of the King

• Because the enemies of the crown were tortured there

• Because it smell very bad

Mark the causes of the French Revolution

• Obsolete social order

• Bad harvest

• Protestantism

• Financial mismanagement from the King

Select the statements that are true regarding the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

• It was written by a woman

• It is inspired by the US Declaration of Independence

• States that all men are free and equal

• It was written by the National Assembly (legislative power)

• It abolished the Monarchy