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1Which factor did not contribute to France’s pre-revolution debt?

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2Which was not a part of the government at any point during the French Revolution?

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3What was the name of the French currency that was backed by the value of land acquired from the church?

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4What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create?

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5Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz?

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6Who created the Committee of Public Safety?

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7Which of the following men sat on the original Directory?

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8Which of the following men sat on the final Directory?

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9Who shot down Charles de Calonne’s debt-relief-by-taxation proposal?

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10Before 1789, when was the Estates-General last assembled?

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11According to Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès’s pamphlet, what is the Third Estate?

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12What did the Tennis Court Oath establish?

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13Who helped form the French National Guard?

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14Which Parisian landmark was raided by revolutionaries in pursuit of arms?

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15Which period was known as the Great Fear?

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16What problem did the August Decrees eliminate?

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17What happened on August 26, 1789?

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18Which event did not take place during the summer of 1789?

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19Which of the following was not an element of monarchial rule in France?

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20What did the Second Estate comprise?

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21When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?

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22What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in October 1789?

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23France celebrates July 14 as a holiday because it is the anniversary of

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24Marie-Antoinette was the wife of which French monarch?

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25Which of the following rallying cries best describes the second stage of the French Revolution?

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26Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?

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27Which of the following did not occur?

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28Which party wanted a limited monarchy in France?

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29Who issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?

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30Which of the following would not have been grouped under the Third Estate?

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31Which of the following is probably not a reason why the French Revolution turned violent?

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32When did the people of Paris storm the Tuileries Palace?

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33Which document effectively nationalized the French church?

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34Which document created a limited monarchy?

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35Which document declared that all men are free and equal?

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36Why do some historians consider the passage of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy to be a mistake?

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37Which group was most likely in favor of a limited monarchy?

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38Which group was most likely in favor of the principle of privilege and feudal obligations?

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39Which group was most likely in favor of absolute rule by dynasty?

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40Which group was most likely in favor of the system of one vote per estate in the Estates-General?

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41Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?

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42In which position did Napoleon begin his career?

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43How were the French aristocracy taxed during the time of Louis XVI?

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44To which country were Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?

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45Why did the radical group of commoners call themselves sans-culottes?

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46When did the National Assembly confiscate church property?

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47Which of the following was not a revolutionary figure?

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48For how many years did Napoleon Bonaparte rule France after overthrowing the Directory?

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49What took place following the 1797 election?

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50Which early Girondin leader pushed for war following the Declaration of Pillnitz and was later executed when the Jacobins took control?

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