French Revolution Video - (Wayground)

According to the opening of the video, which set of questions best captures the core ideas that challenged France during the Revolution?

• How to win wars, raise money, and control land

• What rights people have, who holds authority, and how society should be organized

• How monarchs are crowned, taxed, and protected

• How religion and tradition should guide government

Sort each factor into how it influenced political change in Europe.

Groups:

(a) Increased political awareness

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(b) Inspired revolution directly

• American Revolution

• Rise of the middle class

• Printed materials

France before the Revolution was organized into three rigid social classes known as:

• Guilds

• Provinces

• Estates

• Orders

Match each group with its role under the Old Regime.

Groups:

(a) King Louis XVI

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(b) First Estate

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(c) Second Estate

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(d) Third Estate

• Tax-exempt elite/ tax-paying majority

• Clergy/ Merchants

• Divine Right Ruler

• Nobles/ Peasants

Which two factors pushed France deeper into debt before the Revolution?

• Palace construction and religious reforms

• Support of the American Revolution and war with England

• Industrial expansion and colonization

• Tax cuts for peasants and soldiers

What made the voting system of the Estates-General unfair to the Third Estate?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen argued that rights and freedoms are (a)   to human nature and that government exists to protect them.

What did the Bastille prison symbolize to the Parisian people?

• A place of refuge for revolutionaries.

• The King's generosity and protection.

• Royal power and a storehouse of weapons.

• The unity of the three Estates.

What was the ultimate fate of King Louis XVI after his attempted escape and arrest?

• He was exiled to a remote island.

• He remained a figurehead of a constitutional monarchy.

• He was publicly beheaded for treason.

• He successfully regained absolute power.

In what ways were the American Revolution and the French Revolution similar, and in what ways were they different, based on the ideas and outcomes discussed in the video?