French Revolution/Irish Rebellion

The French Revolution began in 

• 1776
• 1789
• 1876
• 1798

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution

• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending

• the 1st and 2nd estates barely paid any taxes

• all of the above

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

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Scientific Revolution

• the Enlightenment

• all of the above

Nickname for Robespierre's period of rule that ended when he was executed?

• 100 Days

• National Convention

• Reign of Terror

• Old Regime

What organization was established to find critics of the Revolution by Robespierre?

• National Assembly

• Committee of Public Safety

• National Convention

• Estates General

The French Revolution began when King Louis XVI

• was executed
• had his troops attack Paris
• called the Estates General together
• abdicated

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Nobility
• Peasants
• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes

The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in 

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Declaration of the Rights of Man
• the US Constitution
• The Edict of Nantes

What was the Divine Right of Kings?

• right to not pay taxes
• God given right to rule
• predetermined rise to power
• enlightenment of kings