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Topic 12.6
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What led people in France to question the inequalities of the "old regime"?
Reformation ideas
Playwrights relatable to everyday people
Italian Renaissance Art
Enlightenment ideas
2
To pay off the huge government debt the Assembly voted to?
Raise taxes and tarriffs
All of the above
Reduce warfare spending
Take over and sell Church lands
3
The third estate had its own subgroups, with the poorest being?
The Bourgeoisie
All of the above
Urban workers
Monks
4
Which estate had the most wealth and privilege?
First
Equal
Second
Third
5
Following the storming of the Bastille, the National Assembly voted to?
End special privileges of the First and Second Estate
Condemn the violence
Tolerate Reformation beliefs
Exile the King
6
The most common within the third estate was?
Plebeians
Priests
Rural farmers
Vassals
7
Delegates of the Third Estate took a daring step, claiming to represent the people of France, they declared themselves?
The House of Represenatives
The National Assembly
The House of Commons
Senators
8
The second ranking social class was the?
The Monarch
Clergy
Nobles
Both Clergy and Nobles
9
The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man & the Citizen. Who inspired this thought?
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
William Shakespeare
John Locke
10
Why was there a food shortage during France's economic crisis?
Bad harvests drastically decreased the supply of food
The government circulated too much money
The population tripled because of changes in farming technology
Royal authorities confiscated crops
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France's Constitution of 1791 set up which type of government?
Oligarchy
Limited Monarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
12
Who would be most affected by rising food prices?
Third Estate
First estate
Second Estate
All of the above
13
Which is a similarity of the political changes in France and England?
Protestants were banned from serving in government
Political parties, the Cabinet, and the Office of the Prime Minister
A new legislative body had the power to make laws and collect taxes
A king was overthrown without warfare or bloodshed
14
Rumors of the King locking out the National Assembly led to?
The American Revolution
The storming of the Bastille Prison
The Flour War
Wars between France and England
15
When the National Assembly found themselves locked out of their meeting space, they met?
The Cabinet's quaters
Church property
In an indoor tennis court
In salons
16
Why was France in debt in the late 1700s?
A sizable percentage of the population did not pay taxes
All of the above
Funding wars
Paying interest on loans
17
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen also affirmed equal rights for women.
False
True
18
Everyone in France belonged to one of three?
Ranking groups
All of the above
Estates
Social classes
19
The storming of the Bastille signaled the end of?
Absolutism
Unchecked power
All the above
Absolute rule
20
Kings of the time were successful in handling the economic crisis and food shortage.
False
True
21
Which social class included the vast majority of the population?
Estates-General
Clergy
Urban workers and peasant farmers
Nobility
22
The King asked the Estates-General to prepare cahiers, or notes listing thier grievances. Some of these included?
All of the above
Regular meetings of the Estates-General
Freedom of the press
Fairer taxes
23
Members of the Third Estate resented the privileges enjoyed by their social "betters." Privileges included...
Selling of indulgences
Commissioning Renaissance Art
Access to Silk Road
Not paying taxes
24
The King was forced to call upon the ______, the legislative body consisting of reps from all 3 estates.
The Cabinet
Estates-General
Parliament
Congress
25
The National Assembly put the French Catholic Church under state control.
False
True
