French Revolution Begins

What was the old order system of government in pre-revolutionary France called?

• Estates-General

• Bourgeoisie

• Ancien regime

• Nationalism

What was the legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France?

• Cahiers

• Tennis Court Oath

• Estates-General

• Jacobin

What was the famous oath made on a tennis court by the third estate in pre-revolutionary France?

• Reign of Terror

• Tennis Court Oath

• Guillotine

• Bastille

Who was the author of the Declaration of the Rights of Women, who rallied against the treatment of women in France?

• Marie Antoinette

• Olympe de Gouges

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Jacques Necker

Match the Estate with its people group.

• From Middle Class to Peasantry

• 1st Estate

• The Clergy

• 3rd Estate

• Nobility

• 2nd Estate

bourgeoisie

• the aristocrats

• the nobility

• the upper class

• the middle class

situation in which the government spends more money than it takes in

• deficit spending

• fiscal responsibility

• gross domestic product

• balanced budget

Notebooks used in pre-revolutionary France to record grievances.

• obituary

• cahiers

• marseilles

• suffrage

fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789.

• emigres

• bastion

• citadel

• Bastille

her frivolous ways, conduct, and various scandals helped discredit the monarchy. She told her husband, Louis XVI, to resist reform demands by the National Assembly. Like Louis, she was branded a traitor and executed.

• Olympe de Gouge

• Marie Antoinette

• Vienna Cahiers

• Sans Culottes