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Three Estates
Reign of Terror
Causes of Revolution
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Vocab
100

When the first estate separated from the Estates General 

What is the General Assembly 

100

French prison that was set on fire 

What is The Bastille 

100
This Cause of the French Revolution was shared with the American Revolution
What is high/unfair taxes or debt
100
Largest estate in France
What is Third
100

The overthrow of a government to start a new one

What is a revolution 

200
Made up the second Estate with a population of 350,000 and 25% of land ownership
What are Nobles
200
Most common way of execution
What is guillotine
200
This cause of the Revolution was thanks to irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI on things such as wars and his Royal Court
What is Debt
200
Estate made of clergy
What is First
200

a government where power is demonstrated by the people directly or indirectly through the election of representatives

What is democracy 

300
Nobles were part of this estate
What is the Second Estate
300
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman who was married to the king
What is Marie Antoinette
300
Limited government, natural rights and freedom of speech were ideas from the _____________ that surely contributed to the revolution

What is  the Enlightenment 

300
A written plan of government
What is constitution
300

one of the three distinct classes in France during the 1700s

What are estates

400
This group made up the First Estate
What is Clergy
400

Who became the ruler of France after The Reign of Terror?

Who is Napoleon 

400

Which estate lead the revoloution?

What is the third estate 

400
What is the definition for bourgeoisie
What is French middle class
400

to refuse to buy or participate in something as a form of protest

What is a boycott 

500
This group off merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate
What is Bourgeosie
500

Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution

What is Declaration of the Rights of Men
500
What other revolution sparked ideas to the French Revolution?
What is the American Revolution?
500
Written when the Third Estate vowed to continue to meet and write a new French Constitution
Tennis Court Oath
500

a person who is opposed to extreme views or changes

What is a moderate