L10_U3_AOS1_Build up to the Estates General

Identify short term causes of the French Revolution (select all correct answers).

• Harvest Crisis and Economic Crisis

• Financial and Political Crisis

• The Bourbon Dynasty

• Fall of the Bastille

• Enlightenment

In early 1789 bread prices rose so high they were taking up what percentage of average people's wages?

• 58%

• 28%

• 88%

• 48%

• 38%

The Reveillon Riots (27 April 1789) were significant because... (select all correct answers).

• The economic crisis turned violent

• The King and Necker were blamed for the economic crisis

• Nobody had food

• The nobility (including Paris Parlement) were blamed for the economic crisis

• It was the first major instance of class struggle

Select adjectives that could be used to describe the build up to the Estates General (5 May 1789) (select all correct answers).

• Pessimistic

• Expectant

• Optimistic

• Tense

• Anticipatory

Vote by head means...

• Each estate had one vote

• Each deputy had one vote

• The First and Second Estates could outvote the Third Estate

• The Third Estate could not outvote the First and Second Estates

• Each estate had equal votes