Estates
Which Estate included the clergy or church officials?
1st Estate
Absolute monarchs believed that _______ gave them the right to rule
Divine Right
Which group published ideas on government and individual rights?
The Enlightenment Thinkers
What event changed the government and social order of France?
The French Revolution
What was the name of Louis XVI’s palace?
Versaille
Which people made up the Second Estate?
Nobility
Who was the king of France when the revolution began?
Louis XVI
What term is used to describe poor laborers who worked on nobles’ estates?
Peasants
How long did the French Revolution last?
10 years
___________
and Prussia attacked France in support of Louis XVI.
Austria
What was the name of the social class that included peasants, city workers, farmers, and the bourgeoise?
Third Estate
A political organization that favored extreme actions
Jacobins
What building was attacked and tore apart by citizens of Paris looking for gunpowder?
The Bastille
What was the period of political executions during the French Revolution called?
The Reign of Terror
The French Revolution ended their special privileges
1st and 2nd Estates
Which estate had no special privileges?
3rd Estate
Who was the leader of the revolution and of the Committee of Public Safety?
Maximilien Robespierre
What American document inspired French revolutionaries?
The Declaration of Independence
What was the new French constitution called?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Who was Louis XVI’s wife?
Marie Antoinette
What was the name of the system that the peasants rebelled against?
Estates
Who took control of France in 1799 and eventually crowned himself as emperor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Meeting with deputies from ALL 3 Estates where the King had no clear plan
Estates General
Who took control of France in 1799 and eventually crowned himself as emperor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
During the Reign of Terror, most of the people executed were from which Estate?
3rd Estate