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