The French Revolution

Multiple Choice

The French Revolution

A) was precipitated by a noble-bourgeois dispute over the best way to deal with the large budgetary surpluses of 1788 and 1789.
B) actually had no real impact on either the economic or political status of peasants.
C) created no major gains, even temporarily, for women in such areas as divorce and inheritance.
D) created a "nation in arms" and an army of 650,000.
E) failed in its attempt to restore divine right monarchy to France.