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) Marat B) Lafayette C) Robespierre D) Danton
A) Robespierre B) Danton C) Marat D) Lafayette
A) The king died B) Of the protestant reformation C) The people wanted independence from England D) Of a financial crisis
A) The building of Versailles B) The American Revolution C) Bread subsidies for farmers D) The Seven Years’ War
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 increased the financial crisis in France C) It led to a revolt by the French army D) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy
A) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements B) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia C) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy D) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
A) They ignored them B) They celebrated them C) They largely didn’t care D) They protested against them
A) To declare war with England B) To create a constitutional monarchy C) To put down a rebellion D) To solve the financial crisis
A) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote B) Each estate was given one vote C) Votes were decided by percentage of the population D) Votes were decided by power within society
A) The Commune B) The Parlement of Paris C) The National Assembly D) The French Republic
A) Both a & b B) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front C) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy D) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate
A) Abbé Sieyès B) Chancellor Necker C) John Locke D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing B) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country C) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation D) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
A) to capture the king B) to free the prisoners C) to find bread D) to capture arms
A) Because the French people were well armed B) Because the king allowed them to enter C) None of the above D) Because the people had the support of the French Guard
A) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly B) To protect the Bastille C) To fight against the Prussians D) To protect the king
A) Girondins B) Jacobins C) Radicals D) Monarchiens |