A) lessening the tax burden on the poor B) having the Estates-General vote together C) more government accountability to the people D) calling the Estates-General
A) He did not give his opinion B) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it C) He openly opposed it D) He was heavily involved in the decision-making
A) Robespierre B) Danton C) Marat D) Lafayette
A) Lafayette B) Danton C) Marat D) Robespierre
A) The king died B) Of a financial crisis C) Of the protestant reformation D) The people wanted independence from England
A) The Seven Years’ War B) Bread subsidies for farmers C) The building of Versailles D) The American Revolution
A) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy B) They were opposed to independence C) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain D) They didn’t care, for the most part
A) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy B) It had no effect 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) A series of laws that took power away from parlements D) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
A) They celebrated them B) They protested against them C) They ignored them D) They largely didn’t care
A) To create a constitutional monarchy B) To solve the financial crisis C) To put down a rebellion D) To declare war with England
A) Votes were decided by percentage of the population B) Each estate was given one vote 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) Both a & b 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) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy
A) Abbé Sieyès B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau C) John Locke D) Chancellor Necker
A) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation B) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly C) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing D) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
A) to free the prisoners B) to capture the king C) to capture arms D) to find bread
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 defend the new decrees of the National Assembly B) To protect the king C) To fight against the Prussians D) To protect the Bastille
A) Radicals B) Monarchiens C) Girondins D) Jacobins |