A) calling the Estates-General B) lessening the tax burden on the poor C) having the Estates-General vote together D) more government accountability to the people
A) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it B) He openly opposed it C) He did not give his opinion D) He was heavily involved in the decision-making
A) Robespierre B) Marat C) Lafayette D) Danton
A) Lafayette B) Robespierre C) Danton D) Marat
A) Of a financial crisis B) Of the protestant reformation C) The king died D) The people wanted independence from England
A) The American Revolution B) The Seven Years’ War C) The building of Versailles D) Bread subsidies for farmers
A) They were opposed to independence B) They didn’t care, for the most part C) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy D) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain
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) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia B) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy C) A series of laws that took power away from parlements D) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
A) They largely didn’t care B) They ignored them C) They protested against them D) They celebrated them
A) To put down a rebellion B) To create a constitutional monarchy C) To solve the financial crisis D) To declare war with England
A) Each estate was given one vote B) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote C) Votes were decided by percentage of the population D) Votes were decided by power within society
A) The National Assembly B) The Parlement of Paris C) The Commune 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 First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate D) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy
A) John Locke B) Abbé Sieyès C) Chancellor Necker D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation 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 king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
A) to capture arms B) to capture the king 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 defend the new decrees of the National Assembly C) To fight against the Prussians D) To protect the Bastille
A) Radicals B) Jacobins C) Monarchiens D) Girondins |