French Revolution

The pre-revolution system that divided France into three unequal estates know as the

• Bourgeoisie

• Old Regime

• Class System

• Estates- General

The estate that was forced to carry all of the burden by paying taxes and did not receive any privileges

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Bourgeoisie

Prior to the French Revolution, all of the following were reasons why France was struggling economically except

• High taxes

• Soaring prices

• Failing crops

• Controversial elections

How did King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette make the 1789 economic situation of France worse?

• Loaning Austria too much money

• Excessive spending

• Closing French Banks

• Printing too much money

What happened on July 14, 1789 that is considered the climax of the early French Revolution?

• Storming of the Bastille

• Abolition of noble titles

• Tennis Court Oath

• Reign of Terror

What political party decided the fate of Louis XVI after France became a republic? Who became their leader?

• Sans-culottes/Horatio Nelson

• Conservatives/ Napoleon Bonaparte

• Jacobins/

  Maximilien Robespierre

• Bourbons/

  Louis XVI

The Clergy were considered to be apart of which class?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Most of the French population belonged to the

• 1st estate

• 3rd Estate

• 2nd Estate

Why did the Commoners want to destroy the Bastille?

• It as a symbol of the king and everything wrong with absolute monarchy

• It would end the revolution in France
• The nobles were hiding there
• They were following the orders of Napoleon

Which of the following was a cause of the French revolution?

• government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars
• France had a surplus of food due to bountiful harvests
• men between the ages of 18-25 were required to join the army
• France had no king to lead the country