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WorksheetsFrance's Old Regime, Economic Crisis, and Estates-General Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which estate did the nobility belong to?
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
What economic practice is described as spending more money than is made?
Surplus spending
Balanced budgeting
Deficit spending
Investment spending
What was one of the causes of rising food prices in the late 1780s?
Economic boom
Good harvests
Bad harvests
Technological advancements
What was the estates-general?
A military alliance
A meeting of all three estates
A financial institution
A royal decree
What were the cahiers prepared for the estates-general?
Military strategies
Notebooks of grievances
Royal decrees
Economic plans
Which group was primarily involved in the Tennis Court Oath?
The clergy
The nobility
The third estate
The royal family
What did the grievances in the cahiers often include?
Demands for more colonies
Calls for fairer taxes and freedom of the press
Requests for more royal palaces
Proposals for new trade routes
The clergy were part of the:
France was deep in debt because of
money spent on foreign wars and the American Revolution
the king and queens lavish spending
the 1st and 2nd estates not paying taxes
