Font size
WorksheetsFrench Revolution (Causes)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who were the Bourgeoisie?
The bottom 10% of the second estate.
The top 10% of the third estate.
The bottom 90% of the third estate.
The top 10% of the second estate.
Identify three causes of the French Revolution.
The American Revolution
Feudalism
War with Austria
The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
A shortage of food in France
How did a volcanic eruption in Iceland help cause the French Revolution?
Lava from the volcano destroyed French ships.
Ash and smoke caused by the eruption blocked out the sun and caused French crops to die.
Smoke from the eruption descended on France and caused the deaths of many Frenchmen.
Lava from the volcano destroyed Iceland's grain crops, which was France's source of grain
What percentage of the taxes in France did the 3rd estate pay?
80%
60%
99.9%
100%
The American Revolution proved to the 3rd estate of France that ______________.
Democracy could be gained through revolution.
It was possible to defeat the British army.
It was possible to reform taxes.
George Washington was the greatest general in the world.
During the Tennis Court Oath, The National Assembly called for the creation of a new what?
Palace
Army
Constitution
Tax on the 1st and 2nd estates
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen effectively claimed power for....
King Louis XVI
The people
The National Assembly
The Catholic Church
What inspired Maximilien Robespierre's politics?
The Magna Carta
The American Revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The Enlightenment
The first openly violent act of revolution came when the people stormed and attacked what?
The Palace in Versailles
Paris
The Bastille
England
The Bastille symbolized what?
The mercy of King Louis XVI
The oppression of the 3rd Estate
The glory of France
The beauty of Marie Antoinette
What was this execution instrument called?
Guillotine
Headsman's Axe
Jacobin
The People's Razor
What did the Women's March on Versailles force King Louis XVI to finally do?
Sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens
Let the people eat some cake
Give the people fish
Draft a new constitution
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to flee to __________, where Marie was from.
England
Germany
Austria
Australia
