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Estate System
Absolutism
Financial Crisis
Estates General Meeting
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What is the Estate System?
A system of social classes in France that was broken up in 3 major groups.
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Who is the Queen that represents the wasteful spending of absolute rulers in France?
Marie Antoinette
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Who was burdened with spending almost all of the taxes for France?
3rd Estate
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Who was invited to the Estates General Meeting?
All three Estates
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Who is included in the 2nd Estate?
Nobility
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When would the absolute rule of King Louis XVI come to an end?
Upon his death
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Why was France in debt in the middle of the 18th century?
Spending too much money on wars, spending on luxuries, corrupt tax system.
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Which king called the meeting and within which two years did it happen?
King Louis XVI, 1788-1789
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Who is included in the Estate System?
1st Estate - Clergy 2nd Estate - Nobility 3rd Estate - Everyone Else
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Name of the king of France that is the most famous absolute ruler and who built the palace of Versailles.
King Louis XIV
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Why was there a bad harvest and famine between 1787 and 1789?
Bad weather, heavy rains, hard winters.
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Percent of population of 3rd Estate and percent of representation of 3rd Estate during the meeting.
98% and 33%
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What is the 1st Estate?
The estate or class that include the catholic pope, bishops and priests.
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Where was the absolute ruler positioned within the Estate System?
Above everything else.
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Who was exempt from paying taxes within the Estate System?
1st Estate - Clergy 2nd Estate - Nobility
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Location of Estates General Meeting
Palace of Versailles
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What is the 3rd Estate?
Wealthy shop keepers, artists and wealthy professors were included in this estate.
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Which absolute ruler called the Estates General meeting to discuss finances?
King Louis XVI
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Did King Louis XVI get the taxes he wanted from the Estates General meeting?
NO
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Result of Estates General Meeting
3rd Estate declared themselves the National Assembly, French Revolution started.