French Revolution Quiz

What was the main cause of economic hardship in pre-revolutionary France?

• Lack of education and educational resources

• High church donations and excessive donations to clergy throughout the nation

• Excessive government spending and high taxes on the Third Estate

• Lack of trade with Britain and other countries around world

What was the First Estate composed of?

• Nobles

• Clergy

• Bourgeoisie

• Peasants

What event marked the official beginning of the French Revolution?

• Execution of King Louis XVI

• Storming of the Bastille

• March to Versailles

• The Reign of Terror

Why was the Third Estate frustrated with the Estates-General in 1789?

• They were outnumbered and didn't like the idea of not having as many people on their side

• The first two estates voted together, outvoting the Third Estate

• They had too many representatives within the Estates General

• They were excluded from the meetings which they thought was unfair

What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath?

• They wanted to protest the taxes

• They wanted to arrest the King.

• To continue meeting until a new constitution was created

• To replace the king with Napoleon

What was the National Assembly mostly made up of?

• Clergy

• Nobility

• Members of the Third Estate

• Soldiers

What was a major idea in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

• Slavery should be abolished, meaning they should have gotten rid of it.

• The king should rule absolutely meaning they rules completely.

• All men are born and remain free and equal in rights

• The nobility should have more power

What was the outcome of the Women’s March on Versailles?

• The king resigned and stepped down from his position

• The royal family was forced to return to Paris

• The Bastille was stormed and people tried to overrun it

• Nobles fled France because they wanted to get away

What did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy do?

• It banned Catholicism

• Made clergy subject to state laws and elections

• Made priests nobles

• Gave land back to the Church

What system of government replaced the absolute monarchy in France?

• Republic

• Constitutional monarchy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy