French Revolution Quiz

Who made up the First Estate?

• The Clergy

• The peasants

• Government officials

• The rich nobility

Who made up the Second Estate?

• The peasants

• The King

• The rich nobility

• The clergy

Who made up the Third Estate?

• The King

• The rich nobility

• The peasants

• The clergy

Who paid most of the taxes in France?

• The first estate

• The second estate

• The third estate

• The king

What revolution inspired the Third Estate to want democracy, equality, and liberty?

• The Irish Rebellion

• The American Revolution

• The Haitian Revolution

• The Bolshevik Revolution

Due to lavish spending, wars, and poor economic planning, France faced what in the 1770s and 1780s?

• A war with Austria and Prussia

• More foreign aid

• Massive economic success

• Great economic debt

To solve the problems in France King Louis XVI called a meeting of what?

• The Estates-General

• The General-Estates

• The meeting of the National Assembly

• The meeting of Parliament

What do the First and Second Estates vote to do in this meeting?

• To lower taxes

• To have the King pay all of the taxes

• To exile Napoleon

• To increase the taxes on the third estate

How was this vote counted?

• By population

• In Estate order

The Tennis Court Oath promised what?

• To provide a new constitution and limitations on the King's powers

• To remove the estates altogether and implement a new social system

• To execute King Louis XVI nd Marie Antoinette

• To storm the Bastille