French Social Classes
Number of French Social Classes and Name of those classes
What are First, Second, and Third Estate?
Occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in
What is deficit spending?
King Louis XVI had the three estates prepare these notebooks listing their grievances
What are cahiers?
Grim Medieval fortress used as a prison for political and other prisoners
What is the Bastille?
This started the Great Fear
What is rumors of attacks on villages and rumors of government troops seizing peasant crops?
Clergy made up this class with wealth and privilege
What is the First Estate?
This King left France in debt because of Seven Years' War and American Revolution
Who is King Louis XIV?
What are fairer taxes, freedom of press, regular meetings of the Estates General?
This is why 800 Parisians participated in the Storming of the Bastile
What is to demand weapons and gunpowder stored there?
Period of panic and riot by peasants against the noble
What is the Great Fear?
Nobles made up this class, and held government jobs
What is the Second Estate?
Legislative Body consisting of representatives of the three estates
What is Estates General?
True of False: The Estates General was successful in solving France's financial crisis and creating reform.
True of False: After the Bastille commander opened fire, the Parisians broke through the defenses, killed the commander and guards, and released prisoners, but found no weapons.
What is True?
Head of the National Guard, a middle-class militia organized in response to royal troops arriving in Paris
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Commoners made up this largest class, including bankers, merchants, lawyers, doctors, and peasants
What is the Third Estate?
True of False: King Louis XV and King Louis XVI solved France's financial crisis by paying off France's debts and raising taxes.
What is False (XV put pleasure before business and XVI was weak and indecisive)?
Delegates of the Third Estate declared themselves to be this after weeks of stalemate with the Estates General
What is the National Assembly?
This is what the Bastille symbolized to the people of France
What is years of abuse by the monarchy?
Replaced the royalist government of the city and mobilized whole neighborhoods for protests or violent action to further the revolution
What is Paris Commune?
Name for the French Middle Class in the Third Estate
What is Bourgeoisie?
True or False: King Louis XVI summoned the Estates General to meet in Versailles to try and resolve financial crisis
What is True?
During a tennis court meeting (because their meeting hall was locked), the National Assembly took this oath, swearing not to disband until new French Constitution adopted
This happened to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette as result of Storming of Bastile?
What is the King was overthrown and they were both executed at the guillotine?
These people formed the Paris Commune
Who are students and workers?