French Revolution P1

Which of the following made up 1% of the French population, and included clergy?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Middle Class

The Reign of Terror ended with the beheading of which well-known revolutionary?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

The document that increased the rights of all French citizens

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

• Tennis Court Oath

• Constitution

The symbol of terror during the French Revolution, used to execute traitors to the revolution.

• Guillotine

• Robespierre

• The Jacobins

• The Bastille

What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes
• God given right to rule
• predetermined rise to power
• enlightenment of kings

In 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles and 

• forced the King to return to Paris
• demanded that the King abdicate
• demanded that the King leave France
• all of the above

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

Which of the following was a reason why France was nearly bankrupt?

• The king lowered taxes

• The king took their money to create jobs

• The king spent the taxes on wars and himself

• They had fought against the Americans in the revolution

One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• sans culottes
• denoument

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