Causes Part 1
Under the Estates System, this social class was taxed the most?
Who is the Third Estate/Commoners
An absolute monarchy means that...
What is the King has absolute authority with no limitation?
This quote represents which factor of conflict.
"French banks become reluctant to lend money to the government."
What is economic hardship?
The Bastille was stormed to get this resource.
What is gunpowder?
The most common execution method during the revolution.
What is the guillotine?
Under the Estates System this class was the largest portion of the population.
Who is the Third Estate/Commoners
The price of bread rose in France due to this.
What are terrible storms that damaged the harvest?
The writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man represents which factor of conflict?
What is Enlightened Thinking?
In this oath, the National Assembly promised to not disband until they created a new constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This estate suffered the most during the Reign of Terror.
What is the third estate/commoners?
The percentage of the population the First and Second Estate made up
What is 3%
The ideas from this war influenced French people during the Revolution
What is the American War of Independence/ Revolutionary War?
The Women's March on Versailles mainly was caused by which factor of conflict?
What is social discontent?
This was the outcome of the Women's March on Versailles.
What is the King and his family being forced back to Paris?
The leader of the new Committee of Public Safety
The amount of bread (in pounds) that the average French person ate each day.
2 pounds
The two wars that King Louis XVI spent money on that increased the government's debt
What are the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution
The King, clergy, and nobles having all the power represents this factor of conflict.
What is abuse of governmnet power?
These are the three actions taken to address the issues in France from our BIG IDEA.
What are laws being passed, people attacking the Bastille, and the Women's March on Versailles?
This king was executed after being found guilty of treason.
Who is King Louis XVI (16th)?
The Commoners owned this percentage of land
What is 65%
Louis XIV could send anyone to prison without trial for a very long time using this type of letter.
What are lettres de cachet?
The French Revolution being influenced by the American Revolution would be which factor of conflict?
What is external pressure?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man declared these four natural rights.
What are the rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to opprssion?
France declared war on these 5 countries in 1792.