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How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

Soldiers who had fought on the side of the colonies started the French Revolution.

News of the war introduced the French to the ideas of the Enlightenment.

The war showed that taxation without representation was a just cause.

The colonies’ victory demonstrated that a king could be defeated.

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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?

The government raised taxes.

The government called for genuine political reform.

The government forced all estates to pay the same taxes.

The government reduced the Third Estate’s tax burden.

What was one advantage of being a member of the Second Estate?

having access to the king

being a small part of the population

being able to participate in business or trade

having extensive privileges

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?

The declaration removed the king from power.

The declaration forced the aristocracy to give up their land.

The declaration created a separation between church and state.

The declaration abolished the three estates.

How did French support of the American Revolution increase problems for King Louis XVI?

It accelerated the economic crisis.

It introduced new ideas regarding branches of government.

It helped prove that monarchs could no longer exist.

It showed that a rigid class structure was dangerous.

What action made Louis XVI such an unpopular ruler?

He entered France into an unpopular war.

He married an Austrian princess.

He did not support government reform.

He refused to let the Third Estate own land.

Why was Louis XVI considered ineffectual?

He decreased the taxes on the aristocracy.

He failed to respond to the needs of the people.

He supported the US in the American Revolution.

He was advised only by the clergy.

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in equality for all people, especially the common man?

Voltaire

Locke

Montesquieu

Rousseau

The separation of church and state was important to the French people because of the power and wealth held by the clergy. Which philosopher of the Enlightenment believed in this separation?

Locke

Montesquieu

Rousseau

Voltaire

On July 14, 1789, French citizens unhappy with the failed government reforms stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress prison. What has this event come to represent in French history?

reform

liberty

equality

justice

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