French Revolution

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Why was France deep in debt?

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All of the above: money spent on the American Revolution, Marie Antoinette's lavish spending, the 1st and 2nd estates barely paid any taxes.

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The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the French Revolution and came from: the Declaration of Independence, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, all of the above

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the Enlightenment

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The Second Estate was composed of

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Nobility

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Most of the people of France belonged to the 
Options: 1st Estate, 2nd Estate, 3rd Estate, 4th Estate

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3rd Estate

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Why was voting in the Estates General unfair?

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Each estate got the same number of votes.

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When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution, their response was to: leave the city, storm the Bastille, force the King to come to Paris, none of the above.

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storm the Bastille

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Which of these contributed to the French Revolution? Options: defeat and occupation by Prussian army, rejection of Enlightenment ideas, participation in the American Revolution, the rise of Napoleon

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participation in the American Revolution

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Underlying cause of the French Revolution: unequal tax burdens, equal land ownership, a law granting peasants more freedom, a growing French empire.

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unequal tax burdens

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This document was important in creating the French constitution and declaring its citizens equal.

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Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen

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When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as: Women's March on Versailles, Reign of Terror, The Great Fear, Tennis Court Oath

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Tennis Court Oath