Types of Revolutions
The Three Estates
Causes of the French Revolution
Society before the Revolution
100

This type of revolution changes who rules a country or how the government works.

Political Revolution 

100

Jacques is a farmer who struggles to pay heavy taxes and works long hours on land he does not own. Which estate is he? 

Third/Commoners 

100

This system divided French society into three unequal social groups.

The Three Estates/Estate System 

100

The type of church that everyone in France followed 

Catholic Church

200

When the laws or way people live their lives changes 

Social Revolution 

200

A priest 

First Estate/Clergy 

200

What new business/product created places for people to gather and discuss politics? 

Coffee/Coffee houses 

200

What did a lot more people learn to do leading up to the revolution?

Read and write

300

Women organize protests demanding the right to vote, better education, and equal pay.

Social Revolution

300

Louis owns large areas of land, collects rent from peasants, and advises the king.

Second Estate/Nobility 

300

This type of government gave King Louis XVI complete control.

Absolute Monarchy 

300

Name of the prison that people were sent to

The Bastille 

400

A movement challenges traditions, changes education, influences art, and reshapes people’s values.

Cultural Revolution 

400

What estate did Marie Antonette belong to? 

Second/Nobility 
400

Name of the time period when the French Revolution occured 

The Enlightenment 

400

What are letters de cache? 

warrants from the king to arrest anyone

500

The protestant reformation 

Religious Revolution 

500

What percentage of land did both the nobility and clergy own?

35%

500

The name of the man who decided the church was corrupt and translated the bible

Martin Luther

500

Spell the name of the palace correctly 

Versailles