French Revolution and Enlightenment Concepts

What intellectual and cultural shift in Europe promoted reason and human freedom over tradition and religion?

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

What were the three rigid social classes in France before the revolution?

• Clergy, Nobility, Peasants

• Monarchy, Clergy, Nobility

• Clergy, Nobility, Third Estate

• Royalty, Merchants, Farmers

What was a significant factor that led to France's financial crisis and the need for change?

• Excessive spending on public works projects

• Support for the American Revolution and war with England

• A series of devastating natural disasters

• Widespread corruption among the middle class

What action did the Third Estate take after realizing they couldn't get fair representation in the Estates-General?

• They appealed directly to the King for more power.

• They formed an alliance with foreign powers.

• They broke off and declared themselves the National Assembly.

• They organized a peaceful protest march.

What event marked the end of a thousand years of monarchy in France and led to the declaration of the First French Republic?

• The storming of the Bastille

• The execution of King Louis XVI

• The signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power