Chapter 7

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

• 1

• 10

• 50

• 98

Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?

• Czar Alexander I of Russia

• Emperor Francis I of Austria

• King Frederick William III of Prussia

• Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria

About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates?

• 2

• 10

• 50

• 98

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

• the nobility

• the bourgeoisie

• the peasant class

• the urban class

What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?

• proposed taxation of the Second Estate

• political representation in the government

• food shortages and riots among the peasants

• equalizing the tax burden among the Three Estates

Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants?

• It taxed the bourgeoisie.

• It made peasants and noblemen equals.

• It adopted "A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen."

• It took away the Catholic Church's lands and independence.

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

• the Second Coalition

• the Committee of Public Safety

• the National Assembly

• the king's Swiss guard

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

• royalists

• the peasants

• the clergy

• his fellow revolutionaries

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?

• to raise money

• to cut his losses in America

• to punish the sugar growers in Saint Domingue

• to increase America's power as a British rival

What was one important consequence of the Battle of Trafalgar?

• Portugal became part of the French Empire.

• Napoleon conquered Russia.

• Napoleon gave up his plans of invading Britain.

• Napoleon became emperor.