Jenkin's test, French Revolution

Who was King Louis XVI?

The last king of Fraance

Who was Marie Antointte?

Austrian queen of France concert of King Louis XVI

What was the Palace of Versailles?

former french royal residence and center of government

What was the first estate MADE UP OF?

French monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church

What was the second estate MADE UP OF?

Nobles and aristocrats

The third estate was separated into _____ groups

3 groups

How much of the population did the third estate take up?

97%

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Act of defiance by representatives of the 3rd estate

What was the estates general?

Representative assembly of the three estates

What was the fall of the bastille?

When Parisians besieged the bastille

What did the people of the second estate despise?

Enlightenment ideas

What were the three groups of the third estate?

The Bourgeoisie, the workers, and the peasants.

High taxes and poor ____ plagued France.

harvest

Equality, liberty, and ____

Democracy

What were the economic reasons for the french revolution?

The price of bread skyrocketed, the monarchy spent too much money on luxeries

King Louis was a ____ & _____ leader.

Weak, unfocused

The two privilaged estates always _______ the commononers.

Outvoted

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

A dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the non-privilaged class.

Storming of the bastille

The people of paris sought out weapons to defend themselves & stormed the Bastille.

What were the people of Paris upset about? Especially the women?

The lack of food and the rising price of bread

August 1789, parliament issued the…

Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens,

What did the declaration of the rights of man and citizen do?

It set forth the principals of human liberty,

Who was Maximillion Robespierre?

Leader of the Jacobins during the Revolution

The third estate declared themselves the….

National Assembly

Over ______ muskets were stolen from the Bastille

28000

“All men are truly _____”

Equal

A wave of angry _____ break into the Palace of Versailles and demand the …

Women, queen

What faction wanted to get rid of the king and felt France should become republic?

Radicals

What faction wanted to limit the king and wanted some democratic principles in France?

Moderates

What was the new name of the national assembly?

Legislative assembly

The _____ __ ______ began when Robespierre and the Committee on Public Safety tried and executed thousands of state “enemies”

reign of terror

Who were the Tradespeople, apprentices, laborers, and servants of the third estate?

The workers

The three estates were set up based on class and ____

Wealth

What was the name of the third estate after the Tennis court oath?

National Assembly

_____ _____ were payable eon items like salt, wine, and tobacco

indirect taxes

What was the beheading machine called?

Guilltine

What was the order of names the third estate go through?

Third estate —> National Assembly —> Legislative assembly —> National Convention