Question

The main reason for middle class resentment of the French aristocracy was that:
a. The aristocracy pain no taxes while the bourgeoise paid heavily
b. the middle class felt shut out of so many government offices and honors
c. the aristocracy was growing wealthier than the middle class
d. the middle class was becoming poorer
e. all of the above

Answer 1

The Great Fear of 1789 was:
a. the national assembly's fear that the king would crush the revolution with the military
b. the aristocracy's fear that it would be massacred by the peasants
c. the peasants fear of attacks by mythical troops sent to control the countryside
d. France's fear of foreign invasion
e. Austria's fear that the royal family would be executed