French Revolution Benchmark 1

Which country was Marie Antoinette the princess of before she married Prince Lois XVI of France in a political marriage that united the two countries transforming them from enemies to friends?

• Germany

• Prussia

• England

• Austria

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolution?

• A bad harvest caused starvation and poverty among the poor

• France was bankrupt from its participation in the American Revolution, so the King was forced to raise taxes to pay for the war debt

• There was an uneven distribution of wealth, where the 1st and 2nd estate had most of the money and land and paid no taxes anf the large 3rd estate had less money and land and paid almost all of the taxes.

• Marie Antoinette's home country declared war on France.

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

The Second Estate was composed of 

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

The different social groups in France were called

• Feud

• Social classes

• Estates

What does the word revolution mean?

• change

• war

• stagnation

• purpose

Laissez-Faire (a term introduced by Adam Smith) means

• hands on

• let's be fair

• fancy french word

• hands off

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

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