French Revolution Quiz

Who had total power over the government and the people of France before the French Revolution?

• The clergy

• The nobles

• The king

• The commoners

What was the major financial crisis that the French government was facing in 1789?

• Famine

• Taxes

• Bread prices

• Debt

Which social class had to pay the majority of the taxes in France before the revolution?

• The king

• The commoners

• The nobles

• The clergy

What caused higher taxes to anger the common people of France?

• The cost of bread skyrocketed

• The government was in a financial crisis

• The king borrowed heavily

• The nobles didn't have to pay their share

What new ideas began to emerge in the 1700s that contributed to the French Revolution?

• The Era of Enlightenment

• The American Revolution

• A new type of government

• Liberty and equality

Who formed the National Assembly to force the king to make reforms?

• The king

• The commoners

• The nobles

• The clergy

What was the tax on salt called that the commoners resented?

• The Storming of the Bastille

• The gabelle

• The corvee

• The Ancien Regime

What was the political system of France before the French Revolution called?

• The corvee

• The Ancien Regime

• The Storming of the Bastille

• The gabelle

What labor tax did peasants have to work for their local landlord for free?

• The gabelle

• The corvee

• The Storming of the Bastille

• The Ancien Regime

Who held all the powerful positions in the government and the church in France before the revolution?

• The nobles

• The clergy

• The king

• The commoners