Causes of the French Revolution

Of the Three Estates, which one had the LEAST money, yet paid the MOST taxes?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

Before the Revolution, which TWO REASONS caused France to sink into debt?

• France's support of the American Revolution

• France's long-running war with England

• Marie Antoinette's expensive taste

• the invention of the printing press

What was the Estates General?

• a war hero during the French Revolution

• an assembly of representatives from the Three Estates

• an assembly of royalty and noblemen

What was unfair about the Estates General?

• Each Estate had to pay for their own travel to the meetings

• Each Estate had unlimited votes

• Each Estate got one vote, even though the Third Estate had most of France's population

Why did the Third Estate break off from the Estates General to create the National Assembly?

• Because the Third Estate wasn't getting fair representation in the Estates General

• Because the Second Estate had the most votes

• Because the First Estate was too religious

What was the goal of the National Assembly?

• to draft a new constitution for France

• to move into the Palace of Versailles

• to behead the king and queen

What happened when King Louis ordered the First and Second Estates to meet with the National Assembly, BUT he let his finance minister stay home?

• thousands of outraged Parisians joined soldiers to storm the Bastille

• thousands of Englishmen stormed the Bastille

• millions of people went hungry

The Bastille was a prison, but it was also what TWO other things?

• a symbol of royal power

• a large storehouse of weapons

• a royal bank

• a getaway home for the Third Estate

As the rebellion spread through France, what system was abolished?

• The Estates System

• The monarchy

• The Enlightenment ideas

The National Assembly wrote a constitution for France. What was the name of that constitution?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Versailles Treaty

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man