Which best describes what France’s Old Regime was?
What is a social and political system
100
Why was Louis XVI considered ineffectual?
What is he failed to respond to the needs of the people.
100
When the National Assembly broke off from the Estates-General, what was the assembly’s intent?
What is to achieve genuine government reform
200
Under the Old Regime, the people of France belonged to one of three estates. What was the basis of these divisions?
What is Social Class
200
Which group paid the least in taxes under the Old Regime?
What is the aristocracy
200
After the National Assembly was locked out of the Estates-General meeting, members of the assembly met on a tennis court in Versailles and swore the Tennis Court Oath. What vow did they make with this oath?
What is to continue to work until France had a constitution
300
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that there were two types of inequality: natural or physical inequality and moral or political inequality. Which is an example of moral or political inequality?
What is having more power than others
300
The clergy comprised the wealthy First Estate, with members of noble descent in particular having a great deal of power. What was the source of the clergy’s wealth?
What is tithes
300
On July 14, 1789, French citizens unhappy with the failed government reforms stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress prison. What has this event come to represent in French history?
What is Liberty
400
What action made Louis XVI such an unpopular ruler?
What is he did not support government reform.
400
What was one advantage of being a member of the Second Estate?
What is having extensive privileges
400
The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are similar because they both
What is stated that people should be able to enjoy liberty.
500
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
What is the colonies’ victory demonstrated that a king could be defeated.
500
In an era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, the French government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis. What did the government do?
What is The government raised taxes.
500
The Declaration of the Rights of Man made all French citizens equal before the law. How did this equality contrast with the ways of the Old Regime?
What is the declaration abolished the three estates.