French Revolution Test Review

Which group never paid taxes?

• Peasants
• Clergy & Nobles

What two problems was France facing at the beginning of the revolution?

• No money and religious wars
• Bankruptcy and lack of food
• Violent protesters and famine
• Bankruptcy and crime

What time period encouraged revolutionary ideas in France?

• Colonization
• Exploration
• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution

Which estate was the bulk of the French population?

• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st Estate

The frustrated Third Estate broke off from the Estate General and began calling themselves the...

• Estate General 2
• National Convention
• The revolutionaries
• National Assembly

In the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly agreed not to give up until what was established?

• Freedom of the press
• A constitution
• A monarchy

What was the MAIN reason the Bastille was stormed?

• To show that the National Assembly was strong
• To free many prisoners
• To get weapons

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen said that everyone had the right to...

• Liberty, property, brotherhood
• Liberty, property, security
• Liberty, freedom, property

Give two reasons that the Guillotine may be seen as a better way of executing people.

Who was the leader of the Reign of Terror?

• The National Assembly
• Maximilian Robespierre
• Marie Antoinette
• King Louis XVI