Social Causes
This group owned 10% of land in France
Who are the First Estate Roman Catholic Church/ Clergy?
Louis XVI inherited a large______________________ from previous kings.
What is debt?
He was a weak-willed King
Who is King Louis XVI?
These ideas inspired the Third Estate
What are Enlightenment Ideas?
This was the first event of the French Revolution Timeline
What is the Estates General?
This group's wealth was made up of land
Who are the Second Estate/Nobility?
The _____________ system was faulty.
What is taxation?
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette lived a life of ___________
What is luxury?
This type of government was no longer viewed as divine
What is monarchy?
This Battle is celebrated on July 14 to this day in France
What is the Battle of the Bastille?
This group made up 97% of the population
Who are the Third Estate?
in 1789, the __________________ doubled due to grain shortages.
What is the price of bread?
She never said, "Let them eat cake!"
Who is Queen Marie Antoinette?
This revolution inspired the French Revolution
What is the American Revolution?
Who was executed on January 21, 1793?
Who is Louis XVI?
People are placed in _____________________ at birth
Estates
_______________ in the 1780s caused widespread crop failures resulting in severe shortages of grain
What is bad weather?
King Louis XVI did not have patience for ______________
Ideas about the role of government were ______________
What is changing?
This occurred because the Third Estate was worried about plots to undermine the revolution. They reacted by attacking manorial houses
What was the Great Fear?
Social conditions in the late 18th Century were __________ and ___________________
What is unequal and exploitative?
France's economy was in decline due to an overbearing population rise which in turn affected the availability of daily living essentials. French people could not keep up because they were employed on ______________
What is fixed wages?
The King and Queen's actions and attitude caused ______________ in the French people
Ideas like __________ and __________________ inspired the reconstruction of government in France
What is Capitalism and Constitutionalism?
A period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary 'suspects' between September 1793 and July 1794
What was the Reign of Terror?