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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?

A
The government raised taxes.
B
The government called for genuine political reform.
C
The government forced all estates to pay the same taxes.
D
The government reduced the Third Estate’s tax burden.
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How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

A
Soldiers who had fought on the side of the colonies started the French Revolution.
B
News of the war introduced the French to the ideas of the Enlightenment.
C
The war showed that taxation without representation was a just cause.
D
The colonies’ victory demonstrated that a king could be defeated.
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How did French support of the American Revolution increase problems for King Louis XVI?

A
It accelerated the economic crisis.
B
It introduced new ideas regarding branches of government.
C
It helped prove that monarchs could no longer exist.
D
It showed that a rigid class structure was dangerous.
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Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in equality for all people, especially the common man?

A
Voltaire
B
Locke
C
Montesquieu
D
Rousseau
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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?

A
family money
B
tithes
C
donations from the king
D
savings from paying low taxes
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When the National Assembly broke off from the Estates-General, what was the assembly’s intent?

A
to achieve genuine government reform
B
to start a revolution
C
to demand the separation of church and state
D
to create a constitutional monarchy
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What action made Louis XVI such an unpopular ruler?

A
He entered France into an unpopular war.
B
He married an Austrian princess.
C
He did not support government reform.
D
He refused to let the Third Estate own land.
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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?

A
the clergy
B
the peasants
C
the aristocracy
D
the bourgeoisie
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Why did the Third Estate of France's population resent the Second Estate leading to conflict and revolution?

A
The Second Estate paid the least amount of taxes and had the most power.
B
The Second Estate was most influential due to their large population.
C
The Second Estate were members of the clergy and had access to the king.
D
The Second Estate controlled the most wealth and wanted to share it equally.
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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?

A
The declaration removed the king from power.
B
The declaration forced the aristocracy to give up their land.
C
The declaration created a separation between church and state.
D
The declaration abolished the three estates.

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