The Enlightenment thinkers believed we should base all of society's laws on the ideas of tradition and religion.
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How many rigid social classes existed in France prior to the Revolution?
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Where did King Louis believe his power came from?
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King Louis granted special privileges to some social classes (like the "first estate" and "second estate").
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Which of the following statements about the "third estate" (the lowest social class) is not true?
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Wealth was distributed very equally in France.
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Why was France sinking into debt?
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Even though the "third estate" made up _______ % of France's population, it had an _______ amount of power as the other estates.
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The "third estate" broke away from the other two estates because they believed they were being treated unfairly.
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Why did the revolutionaries target the Bastille prison for their first major attack?
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The revolutionaries declared that individual _______ and _______ were fundamental to human nature (belonged to all humans) and that the government existed only to _______ these rights.
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King Louis was arrested and charged with treason for trying to escape France during the Revolution.
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14.
What ultimately happened to King Louis to punish him for treason?
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15.
The creation of the first French Republic meant that France would no longer have a monarchy.
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What was the goal of the extremist Jacobins (led by Robespierre)?
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In order to suppress any dissent (make sure that no one spoke out against them), the Jacobins _______ over 20,000 French people during the Reign of Terror.
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18.
Most monarchs who lived in countries near France supported the revolutionaries in France.
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Napoleon became Emperor of France by promising to defend the values of the revolution.
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Once the Revolution was over, the French never had another monarchy as government ever again.