French Revolution Year 8

Who was on the throne when the French Revolution started?

• Louis XIV

• Louis X

• Louis V

• Louis XVI

The Enlightenment was...

• ...a new way of thinking that challenged Louis XVI

• ...easily controlled by Louis XVI

• ...started by Louis XVI

• ...encouraged by Marie-Antoinette

France's government before the Revolution was called...

• ...the National Assembly

• ...the Ancient Regime

• ...the Corrupt Regime

• ...the Constitutional Assembly

By the 1780s, some workers were spending up to __% on bread

• 30%

• 50%

• 80%

• 90%

Who was NOT in the Third Estate?

• Peasants

• Urban workers

• Rich middle classes

• Nobility

The corvée was...

• ...a tax on salt

• ...free work that peasants had to do for the nobility

• ...a church tax

• ...a special French cheese

People rioted because they didn't have enough to eat. These were called...

• ...Bread Basket Fights

• ...Cake Wars

• ...Flour Wars

• ...Wheat Wars

Louis made a bad decision to enter a war he couldn't afford against the...

• ...British

• Austrians

• Russians

• Americans

Which of these is FALSE about Louis?

• He started to deal with corruption

• He always supported his government advisors

• He lied about France's debt

• He finally had to admit defeat

Venality was

• the name of Marie Antoinette´s dog

• a special French cake

• a tax on salt

• the buying positions of power