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Estates
Before the Revolution
Start of the Revolution
During the Revolution
End of the Revolution
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The Estate the Catholic Clergy belonged to prior to the Revolution
What is the First Estate
100
Who was the King prior to the French Revolution?
Who is King Louis XVI
100
What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath?
What is an Oath that they would not leave the Tennis Court until they had a new Constitution for France.
100
What revolutionary political party was considered moderate and eventually executed by the Jacobins?
Who are the Girondins
100
What was the purpose of the Revolutionary Tribunal?
What is to go after suspected enemies of the revolution.
200
The Estate the Nobility belonged to prior the the Revolution
What is the Second Estate
200
Who was the Last Queen of France?
Who is Mari-Antoinette
200
Why did the angry mob storm the Bastille?
What is steal gun powder and send a strong message to the King.
200
List three ways the Revolutionary Government tried to transform French society
What is: Calendar, Metric System, De-Christianization, etc...
200
Who was the leader of the Committe on Public Safety and the Revolutionary Government during the Reign of Terror?
Who is Maximilien Robespierre.
300
Name two major Privileges that of the 1st/2nd Estates
What is own land and did not have to pay taxes
300
Explain why the Estates-General was considered unfair by the Delegates of the Third Estate.
What is unfair voting rights
300
What document was written to insure the freedoms of the French people? List three freedoms it provided.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Freedom of Press, speech, natural rights, etc...
300
Explain the purpose of the Reign of Terror.
What is to violently respond to the counter-revolution within France.
300
Why was Robespierre executed?
What is people wanted to end the Terror.
400
What Percentage of the French population did the 1st/2nd Estate make up?
What is 3%
400
List three Enlightenment ideals that inspired the Revolution in France
What is Equality, Natural Rights, Gov. protect Natural Rights, you can overthrow the Gov, etc....
400
What was the name of the newspaper written by Jean-Paul Marat? What did he encourage through his paper?
What is the Friend of the People. Violence
400
What device was used to execute enemies of the revolution? Why was it invented?
What is the Guillotin. Equality in death.
400
List the five different governments that led France during the Revolution.
What is: National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, and Directory.
500
Name the three groups that made up the 3rd Estate
What is Bourgeoisie, Sans Culottes, and Peasants.
500
Explain three of the five major causes of the French Revolution
What is: Inequalities in society, Ideas of the Enlightement, Poor Leadership, Finacial crisis, and widespread hunger.
500
Who were the three primary revolutionary leaders? What was the name of their political party?
Who is: Maximilien Robespierre, Georges-Jacques Danton, and Jean-Paul Marat.
500
What was the name of the 12 men that ruled France during the Reign of Terror?
What is the committee of public safety?
500
Why was the Directory ineffective?
What is corrupt, directors were weak, inefficient.