Louis XIV and Causes of the French Revolution quiz

What was the Edict of Nantes?

• Promise to make a constitution for France

• Document outlining the rights of the French king

• Document giving religious freedom in France (to Huguenots)

• First version of the Constitution of the National Assembly

What was the meeting of all the representatives of the social classes in France that Louis XVI called in order to try to fix the financial crisis?

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Old Regime

• Estates-General

What was the name of the new philosophy that emerged after the French religious wars that said nothing could be known for certain?

• Skepticism

• Utilitarianism

• Doubtism

• Stoicism

What was a power that the King of France had?

• Arrest anyone at any time

• Choose the intendants in the government

• Make all decisions about war and peace

• All of the above

What war influenced many French people in terms of ideas?

• War of Spanish Succession

• French Religious Wars

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

What group of the French population would be most interested in Enlightenment ideas? (Hint: Think about what group would benefit the most from these ideas)

• bourgeoisie

• urban workers (sans culottes)

• clergy

• nobility

Idea that Louis XIV and other absolutist monarchs claimed that God gave them their power and they were representing God was __.

• absolutism

• centrism

• divine right

• sacred vow

What was one step that Jean Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance, took in order to make France a richer country?

• Encouraged people to move to the Caribbean to profit from sugar

• Made it easier to import goods from other countries

• Encouraged people to buy French-made products

• Increased taxes on luxury items

What alliance was created by other countries to stop French aggression during Louis XIV's reign?

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Anti-Louisian Committee

• League of Augsburg

Who paid basically all the taxes in pre-Revolution France?

• First estate

• Second estate

• Third estate

• All of the three estates