French Revolution

The clergy were

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

The French nobility were:

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Peasants were

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Which of the following was NOT a factor in causing the economic problems in France during the 1770s?   

• bad weather caused a grain shortage and bread prices rose 
• the taxes were so high that business could not be conducted
• the population of France had decreased

Why was Marie Antoinette so hated by the French?

• She was Austrian
• She spent a lot of money on gowns and jewels
• She was a French peasant
• both orange and red are true

What happened when Louis tried to tax the nobles?

• there was a rebellion among the peasants
• a meeting of the Estates-General was called for the first time in the 175 years
• Louis simply increased the taxes on the peasantry
• Louis began demanding 50% of the tithe from the Catholic Church

Because the members of the Third estate were locked out of their meeting room in Versailles, what action did they take?

• the broke into an indoor tennis court
• the made a pledge called the “Tennis Court Oath”
• the refused to leave the tennis court until they had written a constitution
• all of the above are true

On July 14, 1789, the Parisian people committed the first great symbolic act of the Revolution. This act was:

• forming the National Assembly

• forming the Legislative Assembly

• attacking the Bastille prison

• when the National Convention was sending people to the guillotine

The end of the Revolution came with 

• France's surrender to England
• Napoleon's coup
• the Louisiana Purchase
• the Invasion of Russia

Napoleon's greatest defeat and the cause of the end of his rule was

• Trafalgar
• the invasion of Russia
• the Louisiana Purchase
• none of the above