The French Revolution Worksheet Questions (Grade 10)

1774—King __________ XVI came to the throne at the age of 19.

• Henry

• Louis

• Charles

• Philip

_______________ monarch—leader who is NOT bound by a ______________—COMPLETE power.

• Constitutional

• absolute

• hereditary

• Written constitution

Believed in __________________ right—the belief that a leader’s power was given to them by God.

• popular

• divine

• natural

• legal

King Louis XVI inherited a lot of ______________ from his predecessors.

• land

• debt

• titles

• soldiers

Increased the debt helping American colonists fight the British in the __________________ Revolution—Britain and France = Rivals.

• Glorious

• American

• Industrial

• Scientific

By 1787, the French government was ______________________!

• victorious

• bankrupt

• expanding

• isolationist

Royals spent too much on ______________________.

• luxuries

• taxes

• weapons

• roads

Corrupt __________________ system.

• voting

• tax

• military

• education

Late 18th century France was divided into three ____________________.

• parliaments

• estates

• provinces

• guilds

1st Estate—__________________ officials.

• church

• royal court

• army

• city