This meeting of the 3 estates was called in France in 1789, the first one in nearly 175 years!
What is the Estates General
Largest estate in France. Made up about 97% of the Population
What is the Third Estate
Made up the second Estate with a population of 350,000 and 25% of land ownership
What are Nobles/nobility
Napoleon declared himself this in 1804.
What is the Emperor of France?
The First Estate was made of the clergy, who practiced this form of Christianity.
What is Catholicism
Pretty much everyone else belonged to this estate
What is the First Estate
Napoleon was sent to this island for exile the first time around.
What is Elba?
What is the Enlightenment
A written plan of government
What is a constitution
Written rules that solidified changes enacted during the French Revolution that reflected Enlightenment ideas
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This American document that inspired the French to start a Revolution
What is the Declaration of Independence
What is the definition for bourgeoisie
What is French upper middle/middle class. The rich folk with no power!
This group of merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate
What is Bourgeosie
Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution
This period of time is when Napoleon returned from Exile to take back control of France in 1814.
What is the 100 Days