Estates 1
Who were in the First Estate?
The clergy
Who were in the second estate?
Nobles
What type of government did the French have before the revolution?
Monarchy
What happened to Louis XVI after he tried to flee to Austria?
Imprisoned and then guillotined
Before Napoleon was the Emperor of the French he was a ______________
General (also, one of the five Directors)
Who were in the third estate (multiple words)?
Peasants, merchants, lawyers, bankers, craftsmen
What is the meeting together of the three estates called?
Estates General
While the English had a constitutional monarchy which limited the powers of the king, the French had ____________ monarchy.
Absolute
What do we call the period of French History when they were ruled by the Committee of Public Safety and thousands were killed with the guillotine?
Reign of Terror
After divorcing his first wife, Josephine, Napoleon married ___________________
Maria Louise of Austria
Which estate(s) paid nearly all the taxes?
Third estate
Which estate(s) paid barely any taxes?
First and Second Estates
What was the primary problem facing the French government in the late 1700s?
Debt and heavy taxes to pay the debt
Who ends the French Revolution?
Give three countries Napoleon conquered.
Netherlands, Spain, Italy
(He also defeats: Prussia, Austria, Russia)
Approximately what percentage of the populatio was the first and second estate?
2% (0.5% and 1.5%, roughly)
Approximately what percentage of the population was in the third estate?
98%
What document did the National Assembly write that was similar to the English and American Bills of Riights?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The event of July 14 that begins the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
Which country did Napoleon see as his greatest threat?
Great Britain
When the estates met together, how did voting work?
Each of the estates held a vote amongst their representatives to decide whether it voted yes or no, then each estate got 1 vote
What did the third estate want to change about the voting?
They wanted proportional votes based on population.
What type of government did the French have after the revolution?
Republic
Which French Government brought an end to the Reign of Terror?
The Directory
What was Napoleon's final defeat, and what happened to him afterwards?
Waterloo, exile on St. Helena