Three Estates
Which estate made up most of France’s population?
The Third Estate
What happened to the political legitimacy the crown held when the National Assembly was established?
It was transferred to the people.
What was the main purpose for the Storming of the Bastille?
Gunpowder and arms.
What was the Great Fear?
Mass panic across France
What rank was Abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes?
Abbe
Which estate included priests and church leaders?
The First Estate
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
An oath to stay together until a new constitution was written.
How many prisoners were held at the time?
7
What sort of rumors spread after the fall of Bastille?
Nobles were hiring brigands to attack peasants and burn their harvests.
Why did the Parisian women revolt?
Soaring bread prices.
Which estate included nobles?
The Second Estate
A low-ranking clergyman who urged the Third Estate to call themselves the National assembly and pass laws in the name of the people.
What was the prison called?
What are Terriers?
Who did Sieyes get influenced by, regarding Sovereignty?
Rousseau and other age of enlightenment thinkers.
Why was the voting system unfair?
Each estate had only one vote
When was the abolition of Feudalism?
August 4
Yes
Burning manors and terriers. Effectively dismantling old debts and records
Why did Sieyes fight for the commoners?
Personal ambition.
About what percentage of France belonged to the Third Estate?
98%
What did the abolition of Feudalism and Declaration of the rights of man cement?
Principles of equality.
What is the date for the French National holiday?
What is a nationwide mass revolution that merged political and social demands?
The Great Fear demonstrated that the revolution was no longer confined to the halls of Versailles and Paris; it had become this kind of movement, uniting urban political action with rural social upheaval.
What did Sieyes say about the third estate in his pamphlet?
Everything. Nothing. Something