Vocabulary and Terms
A helper or adviser who works close to a king in his court.
What is a courtier?
This king was called the “Sun King.”
Who is Louis XIV?
Marie Antoinette was originally a princess from this country.
What is Austria?
Priests, bishops, and Church leaders belonged to this Estate.
What is the First Estate?
Louis XVI called this group together to fix France’s financial crisis.
What is the Estates-General?
A male noble who rules a small territory.
What is a duke?
This king became ruler when he was only five and preferred fun over ruling.
Who is Louis XV?
She loved buying expensive jewelry made of this gemstone.
What are diamonds?
Nobles with fancy silk clothes, swords, and plumed hats were in this Estate.
hat is the Second Estate?
This huge palace was 11 miles outside Paris and was used by the king to control the nobles
What is Versailles?
The prince who is next in line to be king.
What is the dauphin?
This king was shy, liked hunting, and struggled to make decisions.
Who is Louis XVI?
She avoided her queen duties because she hated being _______.
What is bored/boredom?
This Estate made up 98% of France.
What is the Third Estate?
This clergyman wrote What Is the Third Estate?
Who is Abbé Sieyès?
A group chosen to speak for a larger group.
What is a delegation?
This king built the enormous palace of Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
She liked pretending to be a peasant in this private little village built just for her.
What is Le Petit Trianon (the peasant village)?
This Estate was made to wait three hours before seeing the king.
What is the Third Estate?
Deputies met here after being locked out of their meeting hall.
What is the indoor tennis court?
The big meeting of representatives from all three Estates.
What is the Estates-General?
This king’s weak leadership and rising debt helped push France toward revolution.
Who is Louis XVI?
This famous rumor (though untrue) made the people think she didn’t care about their hunger.
“What is ‘Let them eat cake’?”
Some members of this Estate (especially parish priests) supported the Third Estate’s reforms.
What is the First Estate?
In this event, deputies promised not to separate until they wrote a constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?