Enlightenment 3.0 PRACTICE: French Revolution

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Which event is associated with this image? Options: Reign of Terror, Meeting of the Estates General, Rise of Napoleon, Storming of the Bastille

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Reign of Terror

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Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the

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peasants

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Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution? Options: ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, nationalization of the Church, outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety, demand of the Third Estate for more political power

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demand of the Third Estate for more political power

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Which of these events related to the French Revolution occurred first? Napoleon became emperor of France. The Declaration of the Rights of Man was issued. Louis XVI called the Estates General into session. The Committee of Public Safety led the Reign of Terror.

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Louis XVI called the Estates General into session.

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Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

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instituting the Reign of Terror

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Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in the quotation: “. . . Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. . . .” —Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789?

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natural law

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Estate is another word for:

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Social class

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The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

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Bastille

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In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General Meeting that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from which social class?

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Third Estate.

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In which way did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the French Revolution?

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The divine right theory of kings was challenged.