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 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) Lafayette C) Marat D) Robespierre
A) Robespierre B) Danton C) Marat D) Lafayette
A) The people wanted independence from England B) The king died C) Of the protestant reformation D) Of a financial crisis
A) Bread subsidies for farmers B) The Seven Years’ War C) The American Revolution D) The building of Versailles
A) They were opposed to independence B) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain C) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy D) They didn’t care, for the most part
A) It led to a revolt by the French army B) It had no effect C) It increased the financial crisis in France D) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy
A) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia B) A series of laws that took power away from parlements C) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements D) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy
A) They celebrated them B) They protested against them C) They largely didn’t care D) They ignored them
A) To solve the financial crisis B) To create a constitutional monarchy C) To declare war with England 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) Each estate was given one vote D) Votes were decided by percentage of the population
A) The French Republic B) The Parlement of Paris C) The Commune D) The National Assembly
A) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate B) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy C) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front D) Both a & b
A) Abbé Sieyès B) Chancellor Necker C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau D) John Locke
A) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation B) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing C) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country D) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
A) to find bread B) to capture arms C) to free the prisoners 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 protect the king B) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly C) To protect the Bastille D) To fight against the Prussians
A) Girondins B) Radicals C) Monarchiens D) Jacobins |