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In the wake of the Great Fear, how did the National Assembly restore order?

They abolished all of the old noble and church privileges.

How did Louis XV damage the sense of his sacred authority

Louis allowed his common-born mistresses to exercise tremendous influence culturally and politically, which led to scandalous depictions of the king and the court in pamphlets.

How did the French armies offer a mixed message to the people whom they conquered?

The armies presented themselves as liberators to the peasants and middle class, but also lived off of the land, requisitioning food and supplies and plundering local treasure.

How did the reaction of kings and nobles in continental Europe toward the Revolution change over the Revolution's first two years?

Initially pleased by the Revolution's weakening of France, they came to feel threatened by its increasingly radical message.

What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety?

To use dictatorial powers to respond to threats to the French from without and within

During the hundred days,

Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly.

Who forced the king and the royal family to abandon Versailles and return to Paris?

Several thousand Parisian women

Why was France unable to manage its debt, even though that debt was much smaller, relative to its population, than the debt of either Great Britain or Holland?

France lacked a central bank, a paper currency, and a means of creating credit to effectively borrow money.

Why did Great Britain seek to raise taxes on its American colonies in the 1760s?

Great Britain expected the American colonies to help pay for the expenses incurred during the Seven Years' War, which protected the colonies from the French.

Abbé Sieyès's answer to the question, "What is the Third Estate?" was that it was

the true strength of the French nation.

According to the text, the Directory continued French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments

because big, victorious armies kept men employed and could draw sustenance from the conquered areas.

The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that

broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property.

The legal definition of the composition of the pre-Revolutionary Third Estate included

everyone who was not a noble or a member of the clergy.

According to the text, in the summer of 1789 the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by

revolutionary actions of French peasants and the common people of Paris.

In the 1780s, over 50 percent of France's annual budget was expended on

interest payments on the debt.

The men elected to represent the Third Estate at the Estates General were primarily

lawyers and government officials

The National Assembly instituted all of the following reforms except

recognizing women as holding full civil rights.

What was the political effect of the attack on the Bastille?

The king's plan to reassert his authority was forestalled, permitting the National Assembly to continue its work.