The Old Order/Regime
The Old Regime had three social classes. What is the name of these groupings?
What are Estates?
Harsh weather conditions in 1780 led to grain shortages. Nine years later, this led to the increased price of which product?
What is bread?
On August 4, 1789, fearful nobles joined the Third Estate to get rid of what?
What was the Old Regime?
The government in the Old Order was what?
What is an absolute monarchy?
This war, which was funded by France despite not even being on the same continent, almost doubled their debt.
What is the American Revolution?
Why are peasants regarded as “outlaws” during The Great Fear? (You have to list at least one specific example, not “They broke the law.”)
What is breaking and entering?
What is arson?
What is destroying legal documents?
What percentage of people were in each estate? (Name the percentages of all three.)
Third estate: 97%
Second estate: 2%
First estate: <1%
How did King Louis respond to the worsening economy and growing debt?
What is nothing; putting it off until he was broke.
The legislative body was separated into three groups. What are they?
Who are the Radicals, Moderates, and Conservatives?
What percentage of the land in France did the first and second estates have each?
First estate - 10%
Second estate - 20%
Despite the worsening economy, France seemed well-off to other nations before these two things were growing.
What are production and trade?
As a result of the National Assembly not meeting to deal with rising bread prices, Parisian women did what?
Invaded the palace, killing guards and demanding the royals return.
What were the two main reasons the Third estate hated the other estates?
The other estates were exempt from most taxes and had access to high officers, while they didn't.
Marie Antoinette was given this name after her extensive spending on luxuries.
Who is "Madame Deficit."
During reforms, two groups of people attempted to sway the minds of the new legislative body. Name both of these groups for full points, and one for half.)
Who are the Émigrés and Sans-culottes.