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What is the first estate?!
The Clergy (Paid 3% of income taxes)!!
they own 10% of the land!!!
One way in which the caste system in India and the Estates system of pre-revolutionary France are similar
Social mobility was very limited!!
Why did the estates not agree on in the estates general meeting?
1st and 2nd estates wanted to increase taxes on the 3rd estate and have a vote per estate system
3rd estate wanted to increase taxes on 1st and 2nd estates and have a vote per member system
What is a limited monarchy?!
Monarch’s power is limited by a constitution!!
The constitution of 1791 set up WHAT to replace the absolute monarchy?!
Limited Monarchy!!
What is the Second Estate?!
Rich nobles!!
they owned 20% of land!!!
they paid zero taxe!!
Under the Old Regime in France the burden of taxation fell mostly on the…
Commoners!!!
Why would 3rd estate want a vote by member system and not vote by estate?
They make up most of the population and therefore would be more likely to have their needs met if each person got a vote rather than each estate.
What represented the beginning of the French Revolution?
Storming of the bastille
What was the Reign of Terror?
People were arrested for not supporting the revolution.
17,000 people executed
total deaths 30-50,000
What is the Third estate?!
Bourgeoises and poor peasants!!
They were 97% of the population!!
paid 50% of income in taxes
What was the Estates General Meeting?!
Meeting of the 3 estates to discuss financial and social crises in the France and to raise taxes to avoid bankrupt!!
Who Created the new National Assembly To make laws for the French people?
3rd estate
What was the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen similar to from the US?
Declaration of Independence
Who was the chief architect of the Reign of Terror?
Maximillian Robespierre
What is absolute monarchy?!
A form of government where a single ruler has complete authority over the state and the government !!
“hey so I just read the Declaration of the rights of man and citizen….legit says WHAT about women?
Nothing
what did the National Assembly swear to, promising a new constitution and limitations to the kings power?
Tennis Court Oath
What is the French plague?!
European nations increased border patrols to stop the spread of revolutionary ideas promoted by French Revolution!
What was the Great Fear?
After fall of Bastille, peasants fled to countryside, joined revolution and refused to pay taxes, rumors of nobles attacking led to peasants arming themselves and looting and attacking nobles homes.
Why was the French economy so bad?
Debt from wars, poor economic planning, inflation, a bad harvest, and lavish spending by the monarchy and nobles!
What is the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
National assembly’s revolutionary ideals.
“Men are born free and equal in rights”
it guaranteed freedom of speech, religion and equal justice
Who is the writer behind the Declaration of Rights of Women and the Citizen?!
Olympe de Gouge!!
The National Assembly was taken over by a radical group called “Jacobins”. The legislative assembly to abolish the monarchy and establish WHAT?!
The French Republic!!
Who was Napoleon?
Crowned emperor of France after using nationalism to develop influence over French government!!