Causes Events Effects Vocabulary People Check Your
Knowledge
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Class system = Three Estates Financial Crisis in Government
Frustration with the Monarchy Social Unrest Other Influences Return
to Table of Contents
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First EstateRoman Catholic Clergy Higher Clergy-bishops, abbots
Lower Clergy-local priests Second EstateNobility Third Estate
Peasants, Artisans, and Bourgeoisie Return to Causes List
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Cost of living increased but wages did not Government debt from
aiding US in American Revolution Banks refused to loan money to the
government Return to Causes list
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Louis XVI Ascends the throne at age 19 Marriage-alliance with
Austria Inexperienced- needed advice often Marie Antoinette
Austrian Princess Out of Touch with reality She represented
everything the people hated about the monarchy Return to Causes
list
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GroupComplaint Third Estate Unfair social structure No
effective voice in government Want monarchy to return to Paris
Second Estate Did not want to pay taxes Wanted more political power
First EstateHigher clergy did not want to pay taxes Lower clergy
resented luxurious lifestyle of Higher Clergy Return to Causes
list
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Enlightenment thinking Success of American Revolution Desire to
end Absolute Monarchy Crop Failure Return to Causes list
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Meeting of the Estates General Tennis Court Oath Fall of the
Bastille Declaration of Rights Reign of Terror Return to Table of
Contents
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Members representing all three Estates Goal of approving taxes
of 1 st and 2 nd Estates Return to Event s List
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Walk out of the Estates General Protest the locking out of the
Third Estate Created the National Assembly- Representative
government Promise of a new Constitution for France Return to Event
s List
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Prison symbolized the injustice of the monarchy Mob attacks on
July 14, 1789 Get weapons to defend the National Assembly First
battle of the French Revolution Return to Event s List
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Nobles feared attack by peasants Rumors spread of Nobles hiring
robbers to kill peasants Peasants preemptively strike Drive out
landlords and destroy feudal records Return to Event s List
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Popular Sovereignty Return to Event s List Inspired by American
Declaration of Independence Incorporated Enlightenment ideas from
Jean Jacques Rousseau John Locke Baron de Montesquieu Called for
Natural Rights Limited Government Divide Power Between Equal
Branches Freedom of Speech Freedom of Press Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Assembly
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Return to Event s List Louis XVI rejects Declaration Women
respond by Storming the castle Escorting the king and queen back to
Paris
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Return to Event s List Committee of Public Safety controlled
the government Strike fear in the hearts of people to prevent
disloyalty Anyone suspected of disloyalty were executed Terror ends
with the execution of Robespierre
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War with Austria Conscription Execution of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette Creation of Committee of Public SafetyCommittee of
Public Safety Reign of Terror Creation of the DirectoryDirectory
Coup dtat Rise of NapoleonNapoleon Return to Effects List Agency
created to direct the war effort. compulsory military service, also
known as the draft. Political crisis that occurred as the Jacobins
and Girondists fought to gain the support of the growing mobs in
Paris. They used drastic and violent measures to strike fear to
prevent people from questioning the revolution. It ended when
Robespierre was beheaded. People who wanted radical change in
France. They represented the working class Moderates who felt that
the revolution had gone far enough after the execution of the King,
They wanted to protect the wealthy middle class The executive
council that ran the government after the creation of a second new
constitution in 1795. It created a bicameral legislature. quick
seizure of power or sudden overthrow of government leaders by a
small group. General who led French victory over Austria. He gained
power in France through a coup dtat. Introduction of the Guillotine
for executions More humane Equality in death
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National Assembly 1789-1791 (Tennis Court Oath) Legislative
Assembly 1791-1793 (First French Republic) National
Convention1793-1794 (Reign of Terror) Directory 1794-1799 (Loss of
rights gained by revolution) Emperor Napoleon 1799-1813 (Coup dtat)
Restoration Monarchy 1815-1848 ( Due to Congress of Vienna) Second
French Republic 1848-1852 Second Emperor Napoleon III 1852-1870
(Coup dtat) Third French Republic 1871-1940 (Ends with rewriting
Constitution) Radical Left Extreme political change Sans- Culottes
Jacobins Maximilien RobespierreMaximilien Robespierre Jean-Paul
MaratJean-Paul Marat Liberal Some Change but not as extreme
Moderates Minor changes Girondists Conservatives Keep the status
quo Reactionaries Return to Absolute Monarchy migrs Return to
Effects List
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Vocabulary Absolute Monarchy-Political system in which a
monarch holds supreme, unlimited power granted by divine right (god
given)Absolute Monarchy Bourgeoisie- Members of the Middle Class
including doctors, lawyers, merchants and business managers. They
made up the largest part of the Third EstateBourgeoisie Committee
of Public Safety- Agency created to direct the war effort.Committee
of Public Safety- Conscription- compulsory military service, also
known as the draft.Conscription Coup dtat- quick seizure of power
or sudden overthrow of government leaders by a small group.Coup
dtat- Directory- The executive council that ran the government
after the creation of a second new constitution in 1795. It created
a bicameral legislature. They authorized the use of the army to put
down the uprising of the sans-culottes and royalists.Directory
Estate- One of three distinct social classes in France during the
1700s that determined a persons legal rights and statusEstate
migrs- Nobles who fled France but wanted to return France to an
Absolute Monarchy. They tried to raise armies to put down the
Revolution.migrs Return to Table of Contents
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More Vocabulary Girondists- Moderates who felt that the
revolution had gone far enough after the execution of the King,
They wanted to protect the wealthy middle class form radical
attacks. They often felt that the Jacobins encouraged mob rule and
called for too many executions.Girondists Higher Clergy- Bishops
and Abbots (members of the noble families)Higher Clergy Jacobins-
People who wanted radical change in France. They supported the
sans- culottes. Often felt that Girondists were royalists.Jacobins-
Lower Clergy- Parish priests, (usually members of peasant or
bourgeoisie families)Lower Clergy- National Assembly- Legislative
body created in France by members of the three estates who walked
out of the Estates General to protest the decision to bar the third
estate from the meeting.National Assembly Reign of Terror-
Political crisis that occurred as the Jacobins and Girondists
fought to gain the support of the growing mobs in Paris. It ended
when Robespierre was beheaded. They used drastic and violent
measures to strike fear to prevent people from questioning the
revolution. Reign of Terror- Sans-Culottes Paris shopkeepers,
artisans and workers who saw themselves as heroes and heroines of
the Revolution and demanded respect from the upper classes. They
supported the Jacobins. They got name because they would no longer
wear the short-pants that previously denoted their station in life.
Sans-Culottes Return to Table of Contents
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People Antoinette, Marie - Queen of France when the French
Revolution began. She was from Austria. Her opulent lifestyle
angered many of her people who were starving. She was executed
during the French Revolution, accused of conspiring with Austria to
put down French rebellion.Antoinette, Marie Bonaparte, Napoleon-
General who led French victory over Austria. He gained power in
France through a coup dtat.Bonaparte, Napoleon Louis XVI- King of
France when the French Revolution began. At age 19, he married
Marie Antoinette to strengthen his throne. Although he was
inexperienced, he recognized the growing financial crisis in
France. He was executed during the French Revolution.Louis XVI
Marat, Jean-Paul- Jacobin leader and member of the Mountain. He
published articles to support the cause of the Revolution. He was
later stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday. She believed the
revolution would end with his death. It did not, and she was sent
to the guillotine.Marat, Jean-Paul- Robespierre, Maximilien-
Jacobin leader and member of the Mountain. Saw himself as a
defender of the Revolution. He ruled the Committee of Public
Safety. After overstepping his power, he was himself sent to the
guillotine by those he had charged to be traitors to the
revolution.Robespierre, Maximilien- Return to Table of
Contents
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If the first estate made up one percent of the population and
the second estate made up two percent of the population, what
percent of the population made up the third estate? A. 95% B. 97%
C. 98% Return to Table of Contents
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If the First estate owned 10% of the land and the Second estate
owned 25 % of the land, what percent of land was owned by the Third
Estate? A. 85% B. 75% C. 65% Return to Table of Contents
