Estates
Louis XVI believed he ruled France by _______ ________.
Divine right
The First Estate paid ___ ______.
no taxes.
Louis XVI and the Noblemen of France tried to _____________ when they became afraid that this lowest, poorest section of France would win the vote on making taxes fair.
prevent them from voting
Members of the National Assembly said they would be the new French government. They renamed themselves ______________.
the National Convention.
France was left with no _________ and no __________ after the revolution ended.
NO king and NO true leaders
The French people were divided into 3 sections called ___________.
estates
The Second Estate paid ___________________.
very few taxes, if any at all.
The representatives from the poorest section met on a tennis court and took an oath called _______________. It was a promise to ____________.
the Tennis Court Oath.
write a new Constitution for France that would bring equality.
Since he was no longer needed, what did the government decide to do with Louis XVI?
The National Convention decided to put him to death.
What do you call a factory that makes okay products?
A Satisfactory
The First Estate was made up of ____________ ________.
Catholic priests
The Third Estate paid _________________.
almost all of the taxes in France.
Louis XVI sent his personal troops to Paris to put down the protests of the people that supported the oath. What did the people of Paris do?
The common people of France stormed the Bastille and took the guns and gunpowder stored there so they could fight back against Louis.
The new government put a man named ____________ in charge of finding anyone who supported the king and the noblemen
Robespierre
What happened when the world's tongue-twister champion got arrested?
They gave him a tough sentence!
The Second Estate was the _______ _________ of France.
wealthy Noblemen
Louis XVI agreed to have a meeting with representatives from each section of the French people to vote on taxes. How was the lowest, poorest section of representatives treated at the meeting?
What did the new government do with Louis XVI and his family when they took over Paris?
They were held hostage in Paris.
What power did they give Robespierre?
The power to sentence people to DEATH!
*dun dun dun*
What do you call a hippie’s wife?
Mississippi!
The Third Estate was the _____ ________ _________ of France.
poor common people
The poorest section protested this treatment and renamed themselves the __________ ____________.
National Assembly
The new government of France decided that all people would be equal which means _____________.
There would be no more ESTATES.
killed by the guillotine.
What did the three-legged dog say when he walked into a saloon?
“I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.”