Who has absolute power in the system of absolutism?
The king or queen (monarch)
The Church
The nobility
Which was the largest (by population) of the three Estates?
The First Estate (clergy/church officials)
The Second Estate (nobility)
The Third Estate (commoners)
What is deficit spending?
A government spending more money than it makes in taxes
A government spending less than it makes in taxes
A government carefully budgeting to spend about the same amount it makes in taxes
What was most important to Enlightenment philosophes?
Faith/religion
Reason/logic
Obedience to authority
Which of the following were LONG-TERM causes of the French Revolution? (pick ALL correct answers)
Bad harvests= no money to pay taxes
Enlightenment ideas
Attacks on nobles in 1789
Unjust polictical system (Old Regime)
Which of the following were SHORT-TERM causes of the French Revolution? (pick ALL correct answers)
Fear of nobles wanting more privileges
System of mercantilism which restriced trade
Bankruptcy caused by deficit spending
Disagreement at meeting of the Estates General
What was the problem with voting at the Estates-General?
Voting was by population: the Third Estate had too much power
Voting was by population: The Second Estate had too much power
Voting was by estate: the First and Second blocked the Third
Voting was by estate: the Second and Third blocked the First
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A promise the king made to allow commoners to play tennis
A promise member of the Third Estate/ National Assembly made to create a constitution
A declaration by the Church outlawing tennis
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