The French Revolution

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Which of these helped inspire the French Revolution? The American Revolution, Enlightenment ideas, Poor people getting sick and tired of rich people having everything, all of those

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all of those

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What were the Three Estates?

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The church people, the rich people, and everyone else

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What was the Enlightenment?

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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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When the nobles and clergy refused to give up their rights and privileges, a bunch of people stormed ____________________.

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the Bastille, a famous and horrible prison.

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Out 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, a powerful group 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