AP Euro Unit 5 - Conflict, Crisis & Reaction in Late 18th c

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France was deep in debt because: money spent on the American Revolution, Marie Antoinette's lavish spending, the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes.

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all of the above

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Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-rooted, cause of the French Revolution? Options: 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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Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

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Louis XVI

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The Second Estate was composed of 

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Nobility

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Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?
- 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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Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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3rd Estate

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The First Estate in French society was composed of 

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the Clergy, people with special courts, people who did not pay taxes

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Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-rooted, cause of the French Revolution? Options: 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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When did the revolutionist storm the Bastille?

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July 14 1789

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What was the Reign of Terror?

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When Robespierre was in charge of France.