American, French and L. America Revolutions (JV)

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• French and Indian War

• Estate System

• Famine

• Absolutism

What were the three estates in France?

• Where the rich lived

• where the clergy lived

• The class system in revolutionary France

• Where the serfs worked the nobles

98% of France's population and paid the MOST in taxes

• 3rd estate

• 1st Estate

• 2rd estate

• The wildlife.

.5% of France's population and ran the Catholic Church

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Church lay people

2% of France's population and are the nobility

• 1st estate

• 2nd estate

• 3rd estate

• Fairy god mothers

What was one major difference between King Louis XVI and Napoleon Bonaparte?

• The King ruled for life, but Napoleon retired after four years as Emperor

• Louis XVI inherited the throne; Napoleon was elected Emperor by the people

• Napoleon was very popular in France; Louis XVI was so unpopular he was killed

What does it mean when someone “meets his Waterloo?”

• He takes a bath

• He visits Belgium

• He suffers a major defeat

• He succeeds against the odds.

The Bastille was

• A prison in France

• A military leader

• A weapon storage place

• The monarch of France

Members of the third Estate who wanted to give France a constitution

• National Assembly

• Peasantry

• Jacobins

• Bourgeoise

What was the motto of the French Revolution?

• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

• Don't Tread on Me

• Give me liberty, or give me death

• Life, liberty and life.

• All men are created equal.