Question
1. In France before the French Revolution, the First Estate was made up of the
the
Second Estate was made up of the
and the Third Estate was made up of the
2. In Europe in the 1700s, monarchs governed because they believed in the
which held that God had specially chosen them to rule.
3. An intellectual movement known as the
also called the
provided inspiration for both the leaders of the French Revolution and the American Revolution.
4. In pre-revolutionary France, only members of the
Estate paid taxes.
5. In pre-revolutionary France, the Catholic Church owned 10 percent of all the
6. In pre-revolutionary France, the government was almost bankrupt. Three important reasons that
this had happened were
• and
7. The first government of the French Revolution, called
py members of the
Estate.
, was started by unhap-
8. During the early days of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris attacked the old fortress-prison
called the
9. At the outbreak of the French Revolution, the President of the United States was
10. Three important actions taken by the first government of the French revolution were
- and
Answer
1. First Estate: Clergy, Second Estate: Nobility, Third Estate: Commoners
2. Divine Right of Kings
3. Enlightenment, Age of Reason
4. Third
5. Land
6. Financial crisis, high taxes, inefficient government
7. National Assembly, Third
8. Bastille
9. George Washington
10. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Abolition of Feudalism, Abolition of Privileges