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The French Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Forcible overthrow of a government in favor of a new system is called .......

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Revolution

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Secularism

2.

France was deep in debt because...

a)

money spent on the American Revolution

b)

the queen's lavish spending

c)

the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes

d)

all of the above

3.

Most of the people of France belonged to the...

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

4th Estate

4.

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair?

a)

each estate got the same number of votes

b)

votes were not secret

c)

each estate voted by how many members there were

d)

the King got two votes

5.

When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate...

a)

met separately

b)

created the National Assembly

c)

took the Tennis Court Oath

d)

all of the above

6.

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

7.

What revolutionary document abolished feudal privileges and unjust taxation procedures for men?

a)

Law of Suspect

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Declaration of Right of Man

d)

New French Constitution

8.

What is the name of the pictured instrument?

a)

Razor Ramon

b)

King Slayer

c)

Guillotine

d)

Jacobin

9.

King Louis XVI was executed for.........

a)

treason

b)

being a King

c)

espionage

d)

Stealing tax money

10.

What was the name of the radical revolutionary group in charge during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Clergy

b)

Jacobins

c)

Directory

d)

Third Estates