Estates
This estate is a privileged social made up of the clergy. They have the most money, don't have to pay taxes, and they condemned the enlightenment.
What is the 1st estate?
Which estate is unhappy because they have deep inequality with the churches, the king left them in deep debt from the previous wars, and the government is trying to tax them?
What is the 1st estate?
After being locked out of their official meeting hall by King Louis XVI, members of the newly formed national assembly gathered at this indoor sports facility to continue their work.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
The French had a lot of this after two wars.
What is debt?
Emergency voting body made up of representatives from every estate, only appears when France is in a lot of trouble.
What is the Estates General?
This estate is made up of the nobility, one defining privilege they have is that they don't have to pay taxes.
What is the 2nd Estate?
Which estate is unhappy because they were the only ones being taxed. They were also excluded from most political votings. They were unemployed and feared starvation?
What is the 3rd estate?
The National Assembly was officially formed in this crucial year.
When is 1789?
One cause of France's Financial Crisis in 1789, involves food.
What are bad harvests?
A revolutionary body formed on July 17,1789 by the third estate.
What is the National Assembly?
This estate was made of the Bourgeoisie, peasants, and civil workers. They had to pay taxes, made up 98% of the French population, and were mostly poor.
What is the 3rd estate?
Which estate is unhappy because the king was taking their privileges and jobs?
What is the 2nd estate?
A crowd of thousands of armed parisian women, furious over the high price and scarcity of bread, they marched to this royal palace to force the king back to Paris.
What is Versailles Palace?
What is one of the reasons for the Financial Crisis in France of 1789, involves the government.
What is deficit spending; the government spending more money than they were making.
These were notebooks filled with lists of complaints from every estate.
What are Cahiers?
They were the current Monarch France who was married to Marie Antoinette.
Who is King Louis XVI?
Who was the hired to reform the economy and tried to help the 3rd estates?
What is Jacques Necker?
Fearing the king would crush the new national assembly, angry French citizens stormed this medieval fortress and prison.
What is the Bastille?
The government tried to fix these problems by?
What are taxes and reducing expenses?
This is a medieval fortress used as a prison for political people in Paris.
What is the Bastille?