Causes of French Revolution

The French society was divided into (a)   estates.

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

Revolutionaries responded to the king on July 24th by seizing this prison...

• Bastille
• Versailles
• Eiffel
• Huntsville

Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 

• unequal tax burdens
• equal land ownership
• a law granting peasants more freedom 
• a growing French empire

What was the Bastille used for?

• Food storage

• housed the French King

• A prison or fortress

• a Church

What did the Bastille symbolize?

• a symbol of royal power

• the artistic ability of local artisans

• an outreach to the poor

• pride for the locals

Who stormed Bastille?

• Nobles

• ordinary people of France

• the royal guard

Who was the French king during the French Revolution?

• Henry VIII

• George II

• Louis XVI

Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of

• Giving financial aid to the American colonies

• The overspending by the King on luxuries

• Bad harvest and famine

• unemployment

• All of the choices