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