WQ17: French Revolution, Causes & Course

All of the following are members of the third estate EXCEPT:

• peasants
• workers
• bourgeoisie 
• nobles

The third estate was taxed:

• 50%
• 10%
• 20%
• Not at all

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

Sparked by rumors that the nobles were going to remove the Third Estate from their land, peasants burned crops and pillaged houses. This event is known as:

• Women's March on Versailles
• Reign of Terror
• The Great Fear
• Tennis Court Oath

The third estate attacked a prison looking for guns and ammunition. In the process, they killed all the guards, let the prisoners go, and tore down portions of the old fort brick by brick. This event is known as:

• Storming of the Bastille
• Reign of Terror
• The Great Fear
• Tennis Court Oath

A group of fish marketers wanted better bread prices for their starving children. As a result, they went looking for Marie Antoinette. Once they found her, they brought her and her family back to Paris and put them under house arrest. This event is known as:

• Storming of the Bastille
• Women's March on Versailles
• The Great Fear
• Tennis Court Oath

The slogan of the French Revolution:

• life, liberty, propert
• liberty, equality, fraternity
• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• no taxation without representation

The Reign of Terror was initiated by this Jacobin who attempted to "protect the revolution":

• Napoleon
• Louis XVI
• Robespierre
• Leoverture

Who was safe during the Reign of Terror?

• no one
• the 1st estate
• the peasants
• everyone

This political party of the National Convention sat on the left-hand side of the hall, believed violence was key, and wanted change immediately:

• Jacobin
• Girondin
• Moderate
• Republican