French Revolution: Causes and Context

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What percentage of the population owned 20% of the country in France during the 1700s?

1%

10%

20%

2% (correct)

What was the main role of the 1st Estate in France during the 1700s?

To provide education and help the poor (correct)

To govern the country

To support the Enlightenment ideas

To collect taxes from the people

What was the primary occupation of the people who made up the 3rd Estate in France during the 1700s?

Clergy and Nobility

Factory workers and laborers (correct)

Landowners and Aristocracy

Professionals and middle class

What was the primary reason for the opposition of the Church and Nobility to Enlightenment ideas?

They were afraid of losing power Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the country's income did the 1st Estate pay to the government?

2% Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the population were peasants?

80% Signup and view all the answers

Who did the King listen to, despite her poor advice?

Marie Antoinette Signup and view all the answers

What was the consequence of the King's decision to raise taxes on the Nobility?

The King was forced to call the Estates General Signup and view all the answers

What was a major factor contributing to the economic problems in France in 1789?

A doubling of the price of bread Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of the Third Estate's demands for reform?

The establishment of a representative government Signup and view all the answers

French Revolution: Causes and Context

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What percentage of the population owned 20% of the country in France during the 1700s?

What was the main role of the 1st Estate in France during the 1700s?

What was the primary occupation of the people who made up the 3rd Estate in France during the 1700s?

What was the primary reason for the opposition of the Church and Nobility to Enlightenment ideas?

What percentage of the country's income did the 1st Estate pay to the government?

What percentage of the population were peasants?

Who did the King listen to, despite her poor advice?

What was the consequence of the King's decision to raise taxes on the Nobility?

What was a major factor contributing to the economic problems in France in 1789?

What was the result of the Third Estate's demands for reform?

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