French Revolution

Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution?

• ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte

• nationalization of the Church

• outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety

• demand of the Third Estate for more political power

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

• inequalities in the tax structure

• economic success of mercantilism

• failure of the Congress of Vienna

• Continental System in Europe

In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

• Superstition and ignorance were promoted.

• The principles of mercantilism were glorified.

• The divine right theory of kings was challenged.

• Punishments for criminal acts were rooted in vengeance.

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

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

The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally

• the upper classes paid the most taxes

• the poorest classes paid all the taxes

• the third estate was the wealthiest

Which estate did the clergy belong to?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

What charter, passed by the National Assembly, officially destroyed the inequality of the Old Regime?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Constitution of 1791

• Tennis Court Oath

• Declaration of Independence