Name that Estate
Lawyers
What is the 3rd Estate?
This French king was not interested in politics.
Who was King Louis XVI?
This oath was taken by the National Assembly, promising to write a new constitution for France.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
Who was the Committee of Public Safety?
Bankers
This Estate paid most of the taxes in France.
Who is the 3rd Estate?
This document was inspired by the Declaration of Independence and Enlightenment ideals.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This man was in charge of the CPS.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
Nobility
What is the Second Estate?
This Estate owned the least amount of land in France.
Who is the 3rd Estate?
This threat to the France by Prussia led to the death of the king.
What was the Brunswick Manifesto?
Deemed a relatively humane way to execute a person, this tool was used quite extensively during the Reign of Terror.
What is a guillotine?
Clergy
What is the 1st Estate?
This was the meeting called by the king to solve France's economic problems.
What was the Estates-General?
This faction in the Legislative Assembly wanted the monarchy GONE and believed the revolution still had a long way to go.
Who were the Jacobins?
The CPS was in charge of rooting out these people within French Society.
Who were enemies of the revolution?
Poor Priests
What is the 1st Estate?
As a result of an unsuccessful meeting, the 3rd Estate stormed off and created this new government
What was the National Assembly?
This faction in the Legislative Assembly wanted a limited monarchy and wanted to take the rest of the revolution slowly.
Who were the Feuillants?
Mr. Yates used this term to describe the prominent emotions felt by the CPS at this point in the revolution.
What is paranoia?