APEH French Revolution
Which best describes the Third Estate prior to the French Revolution?
It included the middle class, peasants, and urban workers.
Which of the following best describes the role of the Abbe Sieyes' writing, "What is the Third Estate?", in the French Revolution?
It was a catalyst that helped get the people of France ready to revolt against the monarchy.
The sequence of events that led to the French Revolution of 1789 is best summarized by which of the following?
Nationwide financial crisis and famine, convening of the Estates General, storming of the Bastille
As the French Revolution began, which countries became its most vocal enemies?
Prussia and Austria
Which event occurred during the radical stage of the French Revolution?
The Terror
The assertion made by Abbe Sieyes in the excerpt from "What is the Third Estate?" below, is best asserted by which of the following?
The Third Estate included roughly 97% of the French Population.
Which of the following factors led most immediately to the convening of the French Estates-General in May 1789?
The impending bankruptcy of the French government
When the French people drew up cahiers (lists of grievances) in 1789 for the Estates General to consider, which of the following complaints would have been LEAST likely?
The nobles wanted an expansion of royal power.
Although the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 is celebrated as the "start of the French Revolution," the first act of revolution may have been the resolve of the Third Estate to write a constitution as depicted in the painting below. This event is known as....
The swearing of the Tennis Court Oath.
Irish statesmen, Edmund Burke, saw the main error of the ideas of the French Revolution as being which of the following?
They distrusted tradition.
The Americans contributed to the French Revolution by....
demonstrating the practical application of Enlightenment ideas on politics and government.
Louis XVI of France convened the Estates General in 1789 for the first time in over 150 years because...
he wanted approval for taxing all landowners in France.
Early in the French Revolution, the National Assembly agreed to the demand of peasants in order to...
restore law and order during the Great Fear.
All of the following are accurate statements concerning the Estates-General EXCEPT...
the Third Estate made up about 50 percent of the French Population.
The achievements of the Jacobins included all of the following EXCEPT...
the redistribution of land to peasants.