12U5 PRETEST - French Revolution

List the Estates in French society and who comprised each Estate:

• 1st Estate: Merchants, 2nd Estate: Farmers, 3rd Estate: Artisans
• 1st Estate: Nobility, 2nd Estate: Clergy, 3rd Estate: Soldiers
• 1st Estate: Commoners, 2nd Estate: Clergy, 3rd Estate: Nobility
• 1st Estate: Clergy, 2nd Estate: Nobility, 3rd Estate: Commoners

Who were the bourgeoisie? What types of people were they?

• The bourgeoisie were the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professionals.
• The bourgeoisie were the upper class, consisting of aristocrats and nobility.
• The bourgeoisie were primarily artists and writers in society.
• The bourgeoisie were the working class, including laborers and farmers.

Why were members of the Third Estate frustrated with Louis the 16th?

• He lived a lavish lifestyle while they were struggling.

• They supported his decisions wholeheartedly.
• They wanted more luxury items from the king.
• They were upset about the weather conditions.

What was the purpose of the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789?

• To discuss foreign trade agreements.
• To plan a military campaign.
• To celebrate the king's birthday.
• To address the financial crisis and discuss reforms, including taxing the nobility.

What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath?

• To celebrate the end of the monarchy.
• To establish a tennis tournament.
• To form a new political party.
• To pledge not to disband until a new constitution was established.

How did the Bastille help the National Assembly to continue with their movement?

• They were able to imprison King Louis XVI in the facility.

• The French government used the facility as a military headquarters.

• Weapons were taken from the facility and used to stand against the government.

• It was the location of the Tennis Court Oath.

“The aim of all political association is the preservation of the nature and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression,” is a statement found in which document of the French Revolution?

To where did King Louis the 16th try to escape with his family?

• Paris
• Austria

• Lyon
• Marseille

Who were the Jacobins?

• Conservatives who feared the French Revolution

• A group willing to use violence to oppose the presence of a monarchy in France.

• Members of the Austrian government sent to stop the French Revolution.

• The main leaders of the First Estate.

Who was the most famous Jacobin?

• Jacques Necker

• King Louis the 16th

• Maximillian Robespierre

• Jean-Paul Marat