A) lessening the tax burden on the poor B) more government accountability to the people C) calling the Estates-General D) having the Estates-General vote together
A) He was heavily involved in the decision-making B) He did not give his opinion C) He openly opposed it D) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it
A) Lafayette B) Danton C) Marat D) Robespierre
A) Robespierre B) Lafayette C) Marat D) Danton
A) The people wanted independence from England B) The king died C) Of a financial crisis D) Of the protestant reformation
A) Bread subsidies for farmers B) The Seven Years’ War C) The American Revolution D) The building of Versailles
A) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain B) They were opposed to independence C) They didn’t care, for the most part D) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy
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 took power away from parlements B) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements C) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy D) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
A) They celebrated them B) They largely didn’t care C) They protested against them D) They ignored them
A) To declare war with England B) To put down a rebellion C) To create a constitutional monarchy 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 percentage of the population C) Each estate was given one vote D) Votes were decided by power within society
A) The National Assembly B) The French Republic C) The Commune D) The Parlement of Paris
A) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate B) Both a & b 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) Chancellor Necker B) John Locke C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau D) Abbé Sieyès
A) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country B) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation C) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly D) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
A) to capture arms B) to find bread C) to capture the king D) to free the prisoners
A) Because the king allowed them to enter B) Because the French people were well armed C) Because the people had the support of the French Guard D) None of the above
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) Jacobins B) Radicals C) Girondins D) Monarchiens |