French Revolution Test

France divided its people into 3 _________

• Districts
• Classes
• Estates
• Estates General 

Who made up the First Estate?

• Peasants
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie

These individuals made up the Second Estate

• Peasants
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolution

• Heavy taxation of the Third Estate
• Widespread Crop Failure
• Spending of the King and Queen puts France in debt
• The unfair treatment of the 1st Estate

Which of the following is true of the Estate system.

• Each Estate had to pay a fair share of the taxes
• The First and Second Estate were just as effected by the wheat shortage as the Third Estate
• The system favored the Third Estate
• The First and Second Estates did not have to pay taxes

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

After declaring themselves the National Assembly, the members took an oath that has been called the _______________

• Oath of the Third Estate
• Tennis Court Oath
• Constitutional Oath
• Freedom Oath

The Storming of the _______ marked the beginning of the French Revolution

• Bastille
• Versailles 
• Bakery
• Toullieres

This was a period of time after the Storming of the Bastille that resulted in wide spread panic and peasant uprisings.

• The Great Scare
• The Great Fear
• The Panic
• The Great Revolt

Which of the following was a reason why France was nearly bankrupt?

• The king lowered taxes 
• The king took their money to create jobs
• The king spent the taxes on wars and himself
• They had fought against the Americans in the revolution