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