French Revolution

In France's old order, the clergy belonged to the

• a. First Estate

• b. Second Estate

• c. Third Estate

• d. Fourth Estate

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled on the

• a. United States Constitution

• b. British Magna Carta

• c. United States Bill of Rights

• d. American Declaration of Independence

When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?

• a. a constitutional monarchy

• b. a republic

• c. a dictatorship

• d. an absolute monarchy

What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?

• a. scorched-earth policy

• b. Continental System

• c. Waterloo Strategy

• d. blockades

The Congress of Vienna promoted the principle of legitimacy by

• a. restoring Napoleon to the throne

• b. restoring hereditary monarchies

• c. establishing a republic in France

• d. combining France and Belgium

In France's old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie?

• a. nobles

• b. clergy

• c. peasants

• d. merchants

In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from the

• a. First Estate

• b. Second Estate

• c. Third Estate

• d. Fourth Estate

Participants in the Tennis Court Oath swore to continue meeting until they were able to bring about

• a. a reduction in taxes

• b. the overthrow of Louis XVI

• c. a just constitution

• d. the fall of the Bastille

The poorest members of the Third Estate were

• a. urban workers

• b. bourgeois families

• c. nuns and priests

• d. philosophes

The women who marched on Versailles refused to leave until the king agreed to

• a. reduce the price of bread

• b. return to Paris

• c. open government jobs to the poor

• d. give up the throne