The French Revolution

Forcible overthrow of a government in favor of a new system is called .......

• Popular Sovereignty

• Revolution

• Bourgeoisie

• Secularism

France was deep in debt because...

• money spent on the American Revolution

• the queen's lavish spending

• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes

• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the...

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• 4th Estate

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair?

• each estate got the same number of votes

• votes were not secret

• each estate voted by how many members there were

• the King got two votes

When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate...

• met separately

• created the National Assembly

• took the Tennis Court Oath

• all of the above

When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to ...

• leave the city

• storm the Bastille

• force the King to come to Paris

• none of the above

What revolutionary document abolished feudal privileges and unjust taxation procedures for men?

• Law of Suspect

• Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Right of Man

• New French Constitution

What is the name of the pictured instrument?

• Razor Ramon

• King Slayer

• Guillotine

• Jacobin

King Louis XVI was executed for.........

• treason

• being a King

• espionage

• Stealing tax money

What was the name of the radical revolutionary group in charge during the Reign of Terror?

• Clergy

• Jacobins

• Directory

• Third Estates