The French Revolution Test

In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France

• dissolved.
• bankrupt.
• a nation.
• a republic.

Government spending more money than it takes in due to borrowing? (one of the economic problems in France)

• deficit spending
• compound interest
• Madam deficit
• The Directory

This group comprised 97% of France's population before the revolution...

• First Estate
• Fourth Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Consisted of the nobility class who paid little taxes...

• First Estate
• Bastille
• Fourth Estate
• Second Estate

Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had

• a smaller tax burden than the other estates
• greater political influence than the clergy
• a voice in government equal to that of the First and Second Estates
• a high tax burden and little political power

Commoners-the bourgeoisie, professionals, peasants, and urban populace-made up which estate in France?

• the First Estate
• the Second Estate
• the Third Estate
• the aristocracy

The Declaration of the Rights of Man guaranteed all of the following EXCEPT

• freedom of speech
• freedom of the press
• freedom of religion
• equal rights for women

Historians believe that one of Napoleon's greatest impacts is

• conquering of Austria and Prussia
• the Revised
• his escaping from Elba
• the Napoleonic Code

Which of the following contributed to France's financial crisis?

• a drop in the gold supply
• peasant uprisings
• bad harvests
• an extended period of peace

The outbreak at the Bastille released a wave of peasant violence throughout France called the...

• the Execution
• the Great Fear
• the Horror
• Montezuma's Revenge