A) lessening the tax burden on the poor B) more government accountability to the people C) calling the Estates-General D) having the Estates-General vote together
A) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it B) He openly opposed it C) He did not give his opinion D) He was heavily involved in the decision-making
A) Danton B) Marat C) Robespierre D) Lafayette
A) Marat B) Lafayette C) Robespierre D) Danton
A) The people wanted independence from England B) Of the protestant reformation C) The king died D) Of a financial crisis
A) Bread subsidies for farmers B) The building of Versailles C) The Seven Years’ War D) The American Revolution
A) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy B) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain C) They were opposed to independence D) They didn’t care, for the most part
A) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy B) It led to a revolt by the French army C) It had no effect D) It increased the financial crisis in France
A) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy B) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia C) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements D) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
A) They celebrated them B) They largely didn’t care C) They protested against them D) They ignored them
A) To create a constitutional monarchy B) To solve the financial crisis C) To put down a rebellion D) To declare war with England
A) Votes were decided by percentage of the population B) Votes were decided by power within society C) Each estate was given one vote D) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote
A) The French Republic B) The National Assembly C) The Commune D) The Parlement of Paris
A) Both a & b B) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate C) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front D) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy
A) Chancellor Necker B) Abbé Sieyès C) John Locke D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country B) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly C) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation D) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
A) to find bread B) to free the prisoners C) to capture arms D) to capture the king
A) Because the French people were well armed B) Because the people had the support of the French Guard C) None of the above D) Because the king allowed them to enter
A) To fight against the Prussians B) To protect the king C) To protect the Bastille D) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly
A) Radicals B) Jacobins C) Monarchiens D) Girondins |