The French Revolution

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1. Which of the following is a reason why the French state was bankrupt in 1789? All of these Money had gone to finance those who helped the Americans during the American Revolution Pensions were being given to the Second Estate There were extravagances within the royal family

2. In 1789, a group of people stormed the Bastille. What was the Bastille? A prison A palace A church A meeting hall

3. What was the most common way to die during the Reign of Terror? drowning hanging starvation decapitation

4. What was the name of the leader of the Jacobins? Maximilien Robespierre Louis XIV Jacques Necker Napoleon Bonaparte

5. Where were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette trying get to when they were identified in Varennes? Britain Austria Montmédy Spain

6. Who took the Tennis Court Oath? Third Estate First Estate Second Estate Estates General

7. What was the purpose of the October Days of 1789? to try to get the king to return to Paris to try to get America to help France, since France helped America during the American Revolution to counteract the events that occurred during the Reign of Terror to send a spy into the Estates General in an attempt to mess up their plans

8. In 1792, Austria attacked France. What is the only group of people who wanted France to win this attack? Second Estate Europeans First Estate Third Estate

9. According to the Constitution of the Year VIII (1799), who received all the power of France? Napoleon Bonaparte Jules Grévy Jacques Necker Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10. As a result of the French Revolution, the Roman Catholic church began to lose power. True False