Which best describes what France’s Old Regime was?
Under the Old Regime, the people of France belonged to one of three estates. What was the basis of these divisions?
What action made Louis XVI such an unpopular ruler?
Why did the Third Estate of France's population resent the Second Estate leading to conflict and revolution?
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?
When the National Assembly broke off from the Estates-General, what was the assembly’s intent?
What was one advantage of being a member of the Second Estate?
After the National Assembly was locked out of the Estates-General meeting, members of the assembly met on a tennis court in Versailles and swore the Tennis Court Oath. What vow did they make with this oath?
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in equality for all people, especially the common man?
Which group paid the least in taxes under the Old Regime?
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
How did French support of the American Revolution increase problems for King Louis XVI?
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?
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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