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