The French Revolution

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Inspired the French Revolution:

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all of those

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Three Estates:

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The church, the rich, and everyone else.

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Enlightenment: 1700s thinkers advocated for freedom and equality.

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In the 1700s, thinkers suggested that people should have freedom and equality.

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King Louis asked the Estates-General to let him ___________________.

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Tax the First and Second Estates.

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The First and Second Estates said, "____."

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No, you may NOT tax us.

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Nobles and clergy refused to relinquish rights, leading to a storming of _____________.

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the Bastille, a famous and horrible prison.

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In the countryside, the _______________ rose up against the _________.

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peasants, nobles

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A new government was formed, called the _____________________.

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National Convention

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The Jacobins in the National Convention insisted that:

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the revolution had not gone far enough

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The Convention had King Louis put on trial and...

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executed on the guillotine