Vocabulary
A ____________________, or group of representatives chosen by the people, from the First Estate was called to a meeting by members of the Third Estate.
delegation
Why did the middle and upper class French find the Enlightenment ideas appealing? (Obj-1)
They were attracted to the idea of having a voice in government
How did the king react to the formation of the National Assembly? (Obj-5)
Declared National Assembly illegal
Locked the doors to meeting hall
Why do you think the rioters targeted the Bastille? Answer with two or complete sentences. (Obj-6)
Take hold of the guns and ammunition so they could be better armed. Represented absolute power of monarchy.
The ______________, period of rule, of the king lasted more than fifty years.
regime
How did the French citizens regard the Glorious Revolution in England? (Obj-1)
They thought it provided an alternative to their absolute monarchy
What was the first thing the king did in response to the formation of the National Assembly? (Obj-5)
Brought Swiss Guards to protect himself
What was the Estates-General and what was its purpose? Answer with two or complete sentences. (Obj-5)
An assembly made up of representatives from each of France’s Three Estates
The king worked to make ____________________, or improvements to the tax laws of his country.
reforms
What were the Three Estates? (Obj-2)
Social class system in France
What happened in the countryside following the fall of the Bastille? (Obj-6)
Rioting and violence
How might Marie Antoinette’s behavior have added to the factors that led to the French Revolution? Answer with two or complete sentences. (Obj-4)
Her spending added to the country’s debt. She mocked the peasant life. She was a symbol of what the French people hated most about the monarchy and the social structure in France.
The peasants wanted to revolt against their _____________________, cruel and unjust, ruler.
tyrannical
Who was in each of the Three Estates? (Obj-2)
1st: Clergy
2nd: Aristocracy
3rd: Bourgeois, Working Class, and Peasants
What was the Great Fear? (Obj-6)
Period of time when rioters spread throughout the countryside
Why would Louis XVI dismissing his grandfather's ministers make the aristocracy happy? Answer with two or complete sentences. (Obj-3)
He dismissed his grandfather’s ministers who had been working to make reforms such as making the aristocracy pay more in taxes.
Many of the _________________________ in the Third Estate were landlords, merchants, or people who acquired a significant amount of wealth and privilege.
bourgeois
What belief suggested that Louis XIV received his power from god and all rebellion against him was a sin? (Obj-3)
Divine Right of Kings
What problem faced the National Assembly? (Obj-5)
How to address all the violence?
What happened when Louis XIV was ten? How did that affect him? Answer with two or complete sentences. (Obj-3)
French nobles rebelled against the king. Even though the uprising fail, Louis became determined to keep the nobles under his control.