French Revolution Content Review

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Maximilian Robespierre is most closely associated with which part of the French Revolution?

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Reign of Terror

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Despite the execution of the king and queen of France, the Reign of Terror mostly killed...

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poor people from the Third Estate

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Which choice below is NOT an example of the Enlightenment influencing the French revolution? Napoleon's rule as emperor, Tennis Court Oath, Creating the National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man

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Napoleon's rule as emperor

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When a king has 100% control over his government, it is known as...

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Absolutism

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The era of Enlightenment was DIFFERENT than the Age of Revolutions because the Enlightenment was...

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based on philosophical talk, not action.

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The THREE ESTATES can be best described as..

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social classes in France before the revolution.

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was created during the French Revolution to represent...

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Natural Rights.

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The ___ made up roughly 97% of the French population.

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Third Estate

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Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution? Options: Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes. Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes. The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income. The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

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The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution? An unfair tax system among the Estates, Government debt from wars, An increase in the cost of living, Frequent attacks from the British

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Frequent attacks from the British