French Revolution
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Who primarily made up the representatives of the Third Estate?

  • Artisans and laborers
  • Peasants and farmers
  • Wealthy members of the commercial and professional middle classes (correct)
  • Intellectuals and philosophers

    • Who were the three groups represented within the Estates General?

  • The monarchy, the aristocracy, and the bourgeoisie
  • The clergy, the bourgeoisie, and the working class
  • The nobility, the working class, and the monarchy
  • The clergy, the nobility, and all other adult men (correct)

    • What did the representatives of the Third Estate demand?

  • To become something in the political order (correct)
  • To eliminate the First and Second Estates
  • To abolish the monarchy
  • To establish a theocracy

    • Who were the representatives of the Estates General?

    <p>All men (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the role of the Third Estate in the political order?

    <p>Nothing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who made it clear they would not permit the monarchy and the aristocracy to decide the future of the nation?

    <p>Representatives of the Third Estate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What captured the spirit of the Third Estate’s representatives according to Abbé Siéyès?

    <p>What is the Third Estate. Everything. What has it been in the political order up to the present. Nothing. What does it ask. To become something. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for the conflicts that emerged during the debates and electioneering for the Estates General?

    <p>The determination of the Third Estate to assert their role (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the spokesmen for the Third Estate determined to assert their role against?

    <p>Monarchy and aristocracy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Abbé Siéyès' comment about the Third Estate published in 1789?

    <p>What is the Third Estate. Everything. What has it been in the political order up to the present. Nothing. What does it ask. To become something. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who clashed with each other almost immediately after the Estates General was summoned?

    <p>The three groups represented within it (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the representatives of the First Estate?

    <p>The clergy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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