French Info
80% of the French population was
peasants
The clergy was the ______ Estate
First
The nobility was the ________ Estate
Second
Everyone else (peasants/middle class/city workers) made up the ________ Estate.
Third
What is our room number here?
15-204
In 1789, the National Assembly responded to the "Great Fear" unrest by issuing reforms that ended feudalism and noble privileges. These are known as the _______ Decrees.
August
What analogy did I make today to compare the 3 Estates to try to remember/understand them better?
School society (admin, teachers, students)
We did an activity/game in class with playing cards and wooden craft sticks where some students walked around and took others' sticks. What did this activity represent or demonstrate?
Unfair tax system in ancient France
What is the capital of France?
Paris
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven, 7
What was the nickname given to mass panic and rural rioting during the summer of 1789?
Great Fear
After the women's march and attack on Versailles, where was the royal family escorted to?
Paris
What branch or sect of Christianity held power and control in France?
Roman Catholic
Most important food item to the peasantry (shortages led to starvation and riots)
Bread
There was a plane crash and every single person died. Who survived?
Married people or couples
Meeting of delegates from the 3 Estates to address the national crisis (each estate got one vote, leading to the Third Estate's frustration and breakaway)
Estates General
Montesquieu, one of the Enlightenment thinkers, came up with the idea of ________, where 3 branches of government can limit each other's powers.
Checks and balances
We watched a music video of the song "Drop Dead" by Olivia Rodrigo. What important building in France was this video filmed at (think about where the royal family lived)?
Palace of Versailles
Rousseau's social contract theory says sovereignty (ultimate power) comes from the _______ not the monarchy.
People/nation
Even a broken clock is right _______ a day.
Twice
What did the parlement of Paris ask to see, which led the king to dismiss them?
An account of royal finances/spending
This term describes the social system that existed in ancient France where privileged noble landholders had lower class tenants serve them through labor and taxes
Feudalism
How old were Louis and Marie Antoinette when they married?
15 and 14
Country that Marie Antoinette was from (being a foreigner made her disliked)
Austria
Name the 5 things you have to fill out on your classwork outline.
Bell ringer, slide notes, small group/discussion, individual work, exit ticket