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French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Money, bad harvest, unfair Estate System, Estates General,American Revolution, and Enlightened ideas

a)

Causes of the French Revolution

b)

1st Estate

c)

2nd Estate

d)

3rd Estate

2.

Clergy: very wealthy: Did NOT have to pay taxes

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estate General

3.

Nobles: Had land and wealth. Did NOT have to pay taxes

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estates General

4.

Middle class, urban workers, rural peasants. Made up 98% of the population. Had to pay ALL the taxes

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estate System

5.

This system was based on social classes. The people with the most money did not have to pay taxes. The Third Estate had to pay all the taxes.

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Estate System

6.

The legislative body consisting of representatives from all three Estates.

a)

Estates General

b)

Estates System

c)

2nd Estate

d)

3rd Estate

7.

The leader of the Reign of Terror. He and the Jacobins started the Reign of Terror.

a)

Robespierre

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

Marie Antoinnette

d)

Estates General

8.

Monarch of France during the French Revolution. He was beheaded and charged with treason for trying to flee France.

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

Marie Antoinnette

d)

Robespierre

9.

The document that increased the rights of all French citizens

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

Constitution

10.

The political prison, symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution

a)

The Bastille

b)

The Tennis Court

c)

Versailles Palace

d)

Paris

11.

The symbol of terror during the French Revolution, used to execute traitors to the revolution.

a)

Guillotine

b)

Robespierre

c)

The Jacobins

d)

The Bastille

12.

Third Estate members vowed to never give up until a constitution was written.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Estates General

c)

Estates System

d)

Guillotine

13.

The wife of Louis XVI

a)

Marie Anntoinnette

b)

Robespierre

c)

The Bastille

d)

Lady Gaga

14.

When did the revolutionist storm Bastille

a)

July 14 1889

b)

July 14 1789

c)

July 15 1789

d)

June 14 1789

15.

Who said let them eat cake

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Robespierre

16.

where did the revolutionists storm for weapons

a)

The tennis courts

b)

The homes of citizens

c)

the church

d)

Bastille

17.

where was the tennis court oath take

a)

Basketball courts

b)

Tennis courts

c)

The horse stables

d)

The church

18.

what was the reign of terror

a)

When king Louis XVI ruled France

b)

when Marie Antoinette said " let them eat cake"

c)

when Napoleon ruled France

d)

When Robespierre was in charge of France.

19.

Why were commoners upset by taxes(SELECT TWO)

a)

They weren't high enough

b)

They were too high

c)

Tax evasion was very common

d)

Taxes were unfair among the estates

20.

When did the French Revolution end

a)

October 9 1799

b)

November 9 1799

c)

November 9 1899

d)

September 3 1783