French Revolution and Romanticism

The French Revolution began in 

• 1776
• 1789
• 1876
• 1798

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 

• unequal tax on the 3rd Estate
• equal land ownership
• a law granting peasants more freedom 
• a growing French empire

The first government of the French Revolution was called:

• National Guard
• National Assembly
• National Congress
• Continental Congress

What was the name of the French Prison that was stormed during the Revolution?

• Versaille 
• Bastille 

The French Revolution began when King Louis XVI

• was executed
• had his troops attack Paris
• called the Estates General together
• abdicated

The First Estate in French society was composed of

• the Clergy

• the Nobility

• common people

• all of the abve

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate 

• met separately
• declared themselves the new government
• Created the National Assembly
• all of the above