Ch. 9 French Revolution and Napoleon

This was the only Estate that was required to pay the Taille.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

This Estate included mostly the Nobility

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

The name given to the small French middle class which included bankers, lawyers, doctors, and merchants.

• Bourgeoisie

• Taille

• Bastille

Which is not considered to be a cause of the French Revolution

• Only the 3rd Estate being required to pay the Taille.

• French people were inspired by Enlightenment Thinkers.

• Bad harvests and manufacturing slow down.

• People were upset that the head of the Bastille warden was cut off.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was inspired by this American Document?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Which is not one of the freedoms gained by the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.

• Appointment to public office based on talent.

• Freedom of speech and press.

• Women had the right to vote.

When Louis xvi lost his absolute power, many European countries threatened to attack France because they wanted to help the French Revolutionaries.

• True

• False

One of the first radical revolutionary groups in France were called the Sans-Culottes, which literally meant men without........

• breeches

• horses

• shirts

• reason

The Guillotine was invented to .....

• execute people more quickly

• execute people more humanely.

• execute people of the Noble class.

Which 2 were radical revolutionary groups that led to the execution of King Louis XVI.

• Bourgeoisie

• Girondins

• Jacobins

• Minutemen