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 was heavily involved in the decision-making D) He did not give his opinion
A) Robespierre B) Marat C) Lafayette D) Danton
A) Lafayette B) Danton C) Robespierre D) Marat
A) Of the protestant reformation B) The people wanted independence from England C) The king died D) Of a financial crisis
A) The building of Versailles B) The American Revolution C) The Seven Years’ War D) Bread subsidies for farmers
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 had no effect B) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy C) It led to a revolt by the French army D) It increased the financial crisis in France
A) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements B) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy C) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia D) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
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 put down a rebellion C) To declare war with England D) To create a constitutional monarchy
A) Each estate was given one vote B) Votes were decided by percentage of the population C) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote D) Votes were decided by power within society
A) The Commune B) The National Assembly C) The French Republic D) The Parlement of Paris
A) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy 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) Both a & b
A) John Locke B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau C) Chancellor Necker D) Abbé Sieyès
A) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly B) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country C) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing D) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation
A) to find bread B) to free the prisoners C) to capture the king D) to capture arms
A) Because the French people were well armed B) None of the above C) Because the people had the support of the French Guard D) Because the king allowed them to enter
A) To protect the Bastille B) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly C) To protect the king D) To fight against the Prussians
A) Radicals B) Girondins C) Monarchiens D) Jacobins |