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What social class bore the burden of taxes and lacked political power under the Old Regime?
What social class bore the burden of taxes and lacked political power under the Old Regime?
- The clergy
- The bourgeoisie
- The nobility
- The commoners (correct)
What was one of the main factors that contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution?
What was one of the main factors that contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution?
- The rise of the Enlightenment
- The involvement in the American Revolutionary War (correct)
- The economic prosperity of the nobility
- The abolition of the feudal system
What was the representative assembly that marked the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789?
What was the representative assembly that marked the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789?
- The Committee of Public Safety
- The National Assembly
- The Jacobin Club
- The Estates-General (correct)
What was the main characteristic of the 'Old Regime' in France?
What was the main characteristic of the 'Old Regime' in France?
Which estate enjoyed privileges such as exemption from taxation?
Which estate enjoyed privileges such as exemption from taxation?
What was the approximate duration of the French Revolution?
What was the approximate duration of the French Revolution?
What did the Third Estate declare itself to be?
What did the Third Estate declare itself to be?
What were the three principles asserted in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
What were the three principles asserted in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Who led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror?
Who led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror?
In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte declare himself Emperor?
In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte declare himself Emperor?
What was the lasting impact of the French Revolution?
What was the lasting impact of the French Revolution?
