Question 1
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What political body passed the follow decree?
“Article One…….hereby completely abolishes the feudal system. It decrees that, among the existing rights and dues…….., all those originating in or representing real or personal serfdom shall be abolished.”
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The National Assembly
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The Legislative Assembly
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The National Convention
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The Directory
Question 2
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Identify the social status of each of the figures represents in the picture below. (The words on the rock says "Heavy taxes and labor".)
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1st Estate
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2nd Estate
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3rd Estate
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The Monarchy
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1st Estate
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2nd Estate
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3rd Estate
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The Monarchy
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1st Estate
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2nd Estate
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3rd Estate
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The Monarchy
Question 3
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What statement is the artist of the picture trying to make?. (The words on the rock says "Heavy taxes and labor".). Check all answers that apply.
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The words on the rock show that the taxes and forced labor were like a heavy weight pressing down upon the Third Estate.
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The Second Estate was being kept down by the other two Estates
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The Third Estate had to pay most of the taxes
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TheThird Estate was required the work for the other two Estates
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The First and Second Estates are worried about the treatment of the 3rd Estate.
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The artist was probably a member of the First Estate and was upset about the treatment of the Third Estate
Question 4
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Who/What created the Committee of Public Safety?
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Louis XVI
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Maximilien Robespierre
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The Directory
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The National Convention
Question 5
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Which period was known as the Great Fear?
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1786–1789, when it was clear that France’s economic situation was dire
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The summer of 1789, when peasants around the French countryside revolted against their feudal landlords
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1793–1794, when Robespierre systematically killed more than 15,000 alleged counter revolutionary activists
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1797–1799, when the corrupt Directory ruled dictatorially
Question 6
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Which event did not take place during the summer of 1789?
Question 7
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Which document effectively nationalized (government takeover) the French church?
Question 8
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To which country was Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?
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Austria
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Spain
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Britain
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Prussia
Question 9
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Louis XVI convened the Estates General at [blank_start]Versailles[blank_end] for the purpose of rising taxes.
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Versailles
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Paris
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the Tuileries Palace
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Varrenes
Question 10
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[blank_start]National Assembly[blank_end] was the political body formed by the representatives of the Third Estate.
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National Assembly
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Legislative Assembly
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National Convention
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Directory
Question 11
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[blank_start]Republic[blank_end] is a form of government where people elect the government including the head of the government.
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Republic
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Monarchy
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Oligarchy
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Theocracy
Question 12
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What happened September 21, 1792?
Question 13
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Place the following events in their correct chronological order.
National Assembly is formed by the Third Estate
Feudalism ends in France
[blank_start]Women's March on Versailles[blank_end]
[blank_start]Flight to Varennes[blank_end]
The Royal Family is placed under house arrest at the Tuileries Palace
[blank_start]Declaration of Pillnitz[blank_end]
Legislative Assembly if formed
Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria. Prussia declares war on France
[blank_start]Brunswick Manifesto[blank_end]
Paris Commune takes over the Legislative Assembly
The King is arrested and sent to the prison in an ancient fortress know as the Temple
[blank_start]Monarchy is abolished[blank_end]. France becomes a Republic
Year 1 of the Republican Calendar
Question 14
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The ___________________________ guillotined thousands during the Reign of Terror.
Question 15
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Olympe de Gouges wrote the _________________ ?
Question 16
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Base you answer to the following question on this selection:
"The National Assembly, considering that it has been summoned to establish the constitution of the kingdom, to effect the regeneration of the public order, and to maintain the true principles of monarchy; that nothing can prevent it from continuing its deliberations in whatever place it may be forced to establish itself; and, finally, that wheresoever its members are assembled, there is the National Assembly..."
The name of the document where the above excerpt appeared is called the [blank_start]Tennis Court Oath[blank_end].