The French Revolution

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people

• nobles

• kings and queens

The Second Estate was made up of France's -

• clergy

• common people

• priests

• nobles

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• clergy
• nobles
• common people
• kings and queens

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 1st and 3rd Estates

What kind of leader was King Louis XVI?

• very militaristic

• weak and indecisive

• powerful and well respected

• friendly and well liked

Which estate did the nobles belong to?

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate

About what portion of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 2 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 97 percent

The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

Group of legislatures that represented all three estates?

• National Assembly
• Estates General
• Tennis Court Oath
• Jacobins

The representatives took a _________ Oath declaring the allegiance and commitment to reform.

• Racquet Ball
• Tennis Court
• Bastille
• New Constitution