WH2.4F What Caused the French Revolution? VIDEO

How was French society structured before the revolution?

• A system of four social classes based on wealth.

• A monarchy with no distinct social classes.

• Three rigid social classes known as Estates.

• A two-tiered system of royalty and commoners.

Which of these problems made people in France feel that things needed to change before the French Revolution?

• France's economic prosperity and strong alliances.

• The King's successful tax reforms and public support.

• Debt from supporting the American Revolution and war with England.

• A decline in intellectual and cultural movements.

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When the Third Estate saw they wouldn’t get fair representation in the Estates-General, what did they decide to do?

• They formed an alliance with the King.

• They declared themselves the National Assembly and pledged to draft a new constitution.

• They joined forces with the First and Second Estates.

• They requested foreign intervention to resolve the dispute.

Which event is seen as the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution?

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• The King's dismissal of Finance Minister Jacques Necker.

• The signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

• The public execution of King Louis XVI.

• The storming of the Bastille prison.

What bold new idea did the Assembly declare in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

• That the monarch's authority was absolute and divinely granted.

• That individual rights and freedoms were fundamental to human nature.

• That only the nobility and clergy held inherent rights.

• That government existed to enforce traditional religious laws.