According to Edward S. Corwin, it was during the administration of Ronald Reagan that the public's perception of the role of government changed from one that protects the establishment to one that is active and reformist

The Estates-General was a ________

A. term given to the head of the king's army who had the power to impose taxes on land owners B. regular meeting of peasants and farmers to discuss politics C. meeting of representatives from the clergy, the nobility, and the middle classes D. meeting of the revolutionaries who plotted the French Revolution E. meeting where France was declared a republic and the monarchy was abolished

During the Ancien Régime, ________

A. rural peasants owned most of the land and had the most power to enforce political change in France B. land-owning aristocratic nobles politically and economically dominated France C. the Catholic Church was not allowed to own land in France D. the monarchy's power was superseded by the clergy E. France did not involve itself in any wars or colonial campaigns