French Revolution Quiz

The King's Palace of France. As many as 10,000 people lived there

• Versailles

• Bastille

• First Estate

• Bourgeoisie

• Second Estate

One of three distinct social classes in France consisting of Roman Catholic clergy & made up 1% of the population.

• Second Estate

• First Estate

• Versailles

• Bastille

• Bourgeoisie

A famous Paris prison stormed by a mob

• Bastille

• First Estate

• Bourgeoisie

• Second Estate

• Versailles

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

• Third Estate

• First Estate

• Versailles

• Second Estate

• Bastille

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

• a. a smaller tax burden than the other estates

• b. greater political influence than the clergy

• c. a voice in government equal to that of the First and Second Estates

• d. a high tax burden and little political power

In 1789, King Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General primarily to

• a. eliminate feudal dues

• b. increase the influence of the peasants

• c. raise taxes to pay off growing debt

• d. protect the privileges of the First and Second Estates.

The nobility's main source of income was

• a. feudal dues collected from peasants

• b. government salaries

• c. taxes on the income of artisans and merchants

• d. tithes collected from church members.

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

• a. the First Estate

• b. the Second Estate

• c. the Third Estate

• d. the aristocracy

An estimated 40,000 people suspected of being traitors, were executed by the guillotine in one year during the French Revolution. This was known as

• a. the Executione

• b. the Reign of Terror

• c. the Horror

• d. the Reign of Burt

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

• a. freedom of speech

• b. freedom of the press

• c. freedom of religion

• d. equal rights for women