WorksheetsFrench Revolution
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The French Revolution began in
a)
1776
b)
1789
c)
1876
d)
1798
2.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
3.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
4.
Most of the people of France belonged to the
a)
1st
Estate
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
5.
This Enlightenment thinker was especially important for the ideas of the Revolution
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
d)
David Hume
6.
Which Estate actually paid taxes?
a)
Bourguoisie(3rd Estate)
b)
Clergy(1st Estate)
c)
Nobles(2nd Estate)
7.
Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-rooted, cause of the French Revolution?
a)
unequal tax on the 3rd Estate
b)
equal land ownership
c)
a law granting peasants more freedom
d)
a growing French empire
8.
The first government of the French Revolution was called:
a)
National Guard
b)
National Assembly
c)
National Congress
d)
Continental Congress
9.
What was the name of the French Prison that was stormed during the Revolution?
a)
Versaille
b)
Bastille
10.
The French Revolution began when King Louis XVI
a)
was executed
b)
had his troops attack Paris
c)
called the Estates General together
d)
abdicated
11.
The First Estate in French society was composed of
a)
the Clergy
b)
the Nobility
c)
common people
d)
all of the abve
12.
The Second Estate was composed of
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
13.
When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate
a)
met separately
b)
declared themselves the new government
c)
Created the National Assembly
d)
all of the above
14.
When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to
a)
leave the city
b)
storm the Bastille
c)
force the King to come to Paris
d)
none of the above
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