WorksheetsFrench Revolution Study Guide
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What conclusion can be drawn from this drawing?
One group paid heavy taxes that supported the other two groups
Hard work, prayer, and a good example allowed for a stable government in France
Peasants and professionals in this society were gaining political and economic power
French society emphasized the importance of natural law and social equality
The Third Estate proclaimed themselves a legislature called the
First Estate
Bastille
National Assembly
Bourgeoisie
What was one effect of the French Revolution?
Militarism was discouraged
Communism became popular
Differences between ethnic groups were eliminated
Nationalistic feelings were stimulated
Which of the following was a MAIN cause of the French Revolution?
England threatened to attack France so they began a revolution
Economic disparity amongst the three estates in France
Equal taxation by King Louis XVI
Each estate wanted to share power with one another
What three reasons caused France to be in a financial crisis just prior to the French Revolution?
war debt, travel expenses of the Third Estate, and export taxes
war debt, royal spending, and inequality of wealth
banks failed, overproduction of food, and crash in the housing market
military spending, acquiring colonies, and inequality of wealth
Which of the following helped to put France in debt prior to the French Revolution?
Building of the palace of Versailles
The nobility asking for higher taxes from the Second Estate
The selling of ancient French artifacts
A war with Russia, England, and Italy
Which of the following was one cause of the French Revolution?
strong leadership from King Louis XVI
new taxes on the Second Estate
the influence of Enlightenment ideas
economic prosperity
What was the Estates-General?
It was an assembly that gave advice to the king of France in matters of war.
It was a group, comprised of three estates, who met to pass new laws for France.
It was a man who went out and collected all of the tax money in his area.
An assembly made up of the three estates in France who met to approve new taxes.
On June 17, 1789, members of the Third Estate proclaimed themselves the National Assembly
and claimed the power to declare who would be king
with the power to make laws for all of France
and took power away from the peasants and workers
and gave greater power to the nobility
What were the three main principles that were laid out in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Liberty, equality,and fraternity
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Freedom, equality, and servitude
Suffrage, property, and individualism
What was the MAIN reason that the French people resented Marie Antoinette?
She favored the peasantry over the nobility
She was unable to bear children
She was from Prussia
She lived an extravagant lifestyle
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
inequalities in the tax structure
economic success of mercantilism
failure of the Congress of Vienna
Continental system in Europe
