The French Revolution

How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
• absolute monarchy was strengthened
• support for absolute monarchy increased
• France was divided into three estates

What role did social inequality play in the French Revolution?

• the three estates united against the king
• the clergy and nobility gained more wealth and power
• the third estate fought against the clergy and nobility
• the three estates paid equal taxes

What would be the best title for this chart?

• causes of the American Revolution
• causes of the French Revolution
• causes of the Scientific Revolution
• causes of the Enlightenment

What is the significance of the event depicted in this painting?

• it started the Enlightenment
• it started the American Revolution
• it started the Scientific Revolution
• it started the French Revolution

What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?

• it led to a new constitution for France
• it started the French Revolution
• it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
• it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon

The King of France during the French Revolution

• Louis XVI

• King George

• Catherine the Great

• Louis XIV

A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Tennis Court Oath

• Second Estate

A pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 in which they vow to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

• Estates General

• Tennis Court Oath

• Reign of Terror

• Bastille

A Paris prison that housed weapons used in the revolution

• Bastille

• Versailles

• Estates General

• The Tower

1.      Belief in the ideas of _______________________________and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the French Revolution.

• The American Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment