Vocabulary
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Intrest
Money paid by a borrower for the use of someone else's money
By what may 1789, Louis XVI I've been on the throne of France for how long?
15 years
On what date did the king sit in the dazzling all mirrors at Versailles waiting to receive representatives from the three Estates?
Saturday, May 2, 1789
Who wrote a pamphlet that created a stir?
Abbe Sieyes
When the King heard the news of the national assembly what happened?
They locked the doors
Estates-General
An assembly made up of representatives from Frances three Estates
The French government was spending habits income just to pay what on its loans?
Interest
When the representatives marched in on May 2, 1789, from the first state what were they called?
Deputies
The deputies sent a white to the hall where the clergy were meeting?
Delegation
The king plotted to hold a separate meeting of the three estates to declare the actions of the third estate what?
Illegal
Delegation
Group of people chosen to speak on behalf of the larger group
Due to the interest on Frances loans, the rooster Chrissy would have to what?
Pay higher taxes
Who were in the third estate?
The commoners
Abbe Sieyes reminded who that the third estate represented 98% of the population?
The deputies
Who had been chosen to lead the national assembly meeting?
Jean-Sylvian Bailly
The Tennis Court Oath
A meeting where Jean-Sylvain Bailly stood on a table made from a door ripped off its hinges on a tennis court
The aristocracy told the king that they would make some changes, but they must call a meeting of who?
Estates-General
What did the third estate want?
To change the rules so that they would have a real voice in the reform
Who suggested the new name of the national assembly?
Abbe Sieyes
What came to be known as the tennis court oath?
When Jean-Sylvain Bailly stood on a table made from the door ripped off its hinges on the tennis court
National assembly
Former name for the third estate
The Estates-general originated in an era when?
Before the kings had absolute power
Third estate had more deputies than who?
Both the first and second estates combined
When did news of the boat reach the meeting of the first state to join the national assembly?
June 17, 1789
The tennis court oath happened every deputy but once signed the constitution would be written. What did this cause?
The French revolution beginning