What system was very much a part of their lives at the time in France?
What is the Fuedal System
100
Why was there little employment?
What is because people could'nt afford to keep shops open.
100
What King came to the throne at the age of 5?
What is King Louis XV
100
What was the fall of Bastille?
What is when the fortress was attacked by a mob, and they cut of the governments head. Anybody that was sent to help joined the attack.
100
A government that answers to the wishes of people.
What is democracy
200
Name types of food that was grown in France
What is grapes, wheat, corn, suagr-beets, rye, oats, and buckwheat
200
Why did France come close to bankrupt?
What is because Marie Antionette and Louis spent alot of money.
200
Why was Marie Antionette very unpopular from the start of her reign?
What is because she was Austrian, spent lots of money on pointless things, and she fired people she didn't like.
200
What was the great fear?
What is the people on the countryside knew changed were happening and feared soldiers and aristocrats would stop it.
200
A document that sets out major laws and principles of a government
What is constitution
300
What made France good for farming?
What is good soil, ample rain, and good climate
300
Why were most people poor?
What is because they were so many taxes from the Kings and Queens.
300
Why did King Louis XIV make his nobles learn ballet?
What is so that they would be more graceful when they served him.
300
What happend on august 4th 1789 ?
What is the national assembly met in versailles and declared all people equal before law.
300
A law, one tenth of one's income or produre from the land.
What is a tithe
400
Why were a lot of the lower class people beggars and theives?
Because the cost of goods rose very quickly
400
Why weren't there very many young people?
What is because they weren't provided for, and parents couldn't afford to buy food for their children.
400
Why were Marie and King Louis XVI killed?
What is because they of their crimes and unloyalty to their country.
400
Why did crowds of women march to Versailles?
What is because they wanted to bring the queen and king back to Paris to sign the declartion of rights
400
Rule by king or queen with unlimited power and they are above the law.
What is absolute monarchy.
500
Name all of the levels of the society pyramid
What is king, aristrocrats, bourgeoisie, and peasants
500
Why were there so many protests?
What is because of the high amount of taxes, and high costs of food.
500
Why was King Louis XIV nicknamed the "Sun King"?
What is because he thought he was the source of allthe light in the nation and he thought he was the center of the universe.
500
What was the declaration of rights?
What is it made guaranteed freedom of thought, speech, religion etc. and gave everyone the title "citizen." they were human rights that the government couldnt overlook.
500
Educated people who had theories about society and government