French Revolution 1
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French Revolution 3
Cartoons and Documents
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The number of estates under the Ancien Regime
What is three?
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It was the machine used in the Reign of terror
What is the guillotine?
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The estate that made up 95% of the population
What was the third estate?
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According to this graph, which social class (1st, 2nd or 3rd Estate) had the greatest number of people in it?
What is the Third Estate?
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The issues that were a significant cause of the French Revolution
What were
1. high taxes
2. enlightenment ideas
3. No food
4. wanted a change in how people were governed
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The leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror
Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
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Describe the significance of the two people "riding" on the back of the old man in this cartoon. What does this show us about A cause of the French Revolution?
The Commoners (3rd estate) paid all the taxes and were basically holding up the entire country while the 1st and 2nd Estates didn't pay taxes at all.
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Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI were all absolute monarchs that supported the idea in this image. What does Divine Right mean?
The idea that Kings and Queens received their power/license to be the ruler from God and because of that, didn't need to talk to anyone else about the rules they made.
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The incident sparked the French Revolution
What is the storming the Bastille?
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Napoleon established a rule of law known as the
What were Napoleonic codes?
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King Louis XVI (16) wife's name who was rumored to tell the people to "eat cake" (even though they did not have any bread)
Who was Marie Antoinette?
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Describe the WHY for the historical context of the image below.
Louis XVI was killed because he was an absolute monarch and did not care about taking care of the common people in his country.
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This person became Emperor of France after the French Revolution
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
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Inside the Bastille there were a lot of ________ that protestors used to fight against the King's army.
What is artillery/ weapons?
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The date of the beginning of the French Revolution And the date when protestors stormed the Bastille
What was July 14, 1789?
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This image shows us the Women's March to Versailles. What was the main ECONOMIC reason that these women (and some men) protested at Versailles captured the monarchs.
Many people in France were starving and very poor, but there were rumors that monarchs and nobles had a surplus of food at their disposal.
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The group of people the Napoleonic Codes excluded
What were women?
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The Napoleonic Codes included specific rules for social groups, money and leadership. These were similar to the law system created by this famous Babylonian King.
Who was King Hammurabi?
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Even though the French Revolution started because people wanted to get rid of absolute monarchy, it ended with Napoleon being this type of leader.
What was an autocratic emperor or dictator?
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In the 1500's Nicolaus Copernicus did experiments and theorized the HELIOCENTRIC MODEL of the universe. This was the opposite of the theory that most Church leaders supported. Draw the heliocentric model.
Double Jeopardy Question!
Explain how and why this theory was a cause for the French Revolution.