In an era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, the French government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis. What did the government do?
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
How did French support of the American Revolution increase problems for King Louis XVI?
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in equality for all people, especially the common man?
The clergy comprised the wealthy First Estate, with members of noble descent in particular having a great deal of power. What was the source of the clergy’s wealth?
When the National Assembly broke off from the Estates-General, what was the assembly’s intent?
What action made Louis XVI such an unpopular ruler?
Read the quotation from Jean-Jacques Rousseau about political inequality.This latter consists of the different privileges, which some men enjoy to the prejudice of others; such as that of being more rich, more honored, more powerful or even in a position to exact obedience.Which segment of the Old Regime enjoyed the privilege of wealth, but not the privileges of honor, power, and social position?
Why did the Third Estate of France's population resent the Second Estate leading to conflict and revolution?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man made all French citizens equal before the law. How did this equality contrast with the ways of the Old Regime?
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