The French Revolution

The French Revolution

Revision Lesson

Lesson Objective

• To revise the key facts and vocabulary of the French Revolution.

Vocabulary to Revise

• Absolute Monarchy = is a form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority, 

• King Louis XIV of France and his reign as King is a perfect example of an absolute Monarchy.

Vocabulary to Revise

• Political upheaval = overthrow or disruption of government

The Estate System

• Was the Social Hierarchy system in France before 1789

• Citizens of France were divided into 3 classes or "Estates"

• 1. First Estate: The Clergy

• 2. Second Estate: The Nobles

• 3. Third Estate: Middle class, the working class, and peasants.

Social Injustice

• The third estate was unhappy

• They felt they were "carrying" the First and Second Estates.

• The rich depended on the their money, since the third estate paid all the taxes

• The King of France lived and spent lavishly (e.g.Palace of Versailles)

• All the expenses were paid by the People of France through taxation

The French Revolution

• The official beginning of the revolution against the King of France took place at the, Bastille.

• The Bastille was a former Paris Prison where the King stored steel weapons for his troops.

• The National Assembly stormed it causing the Fall of the Bastille

• The Fall of the Bastille triggered the beginning of the French Revolution.

The French Revolution

• The king refused the demands of the Third Estate

• An increase among the female French population led to the Women's March on Versailles

• Women marched to the Palace of Versailles with loaves of bread and pitchforks

• The anger grew. The angry mob demanded that the King and his family be moved out of the palace to Paris for change.

• The King was dethroned and his death marked a new era of democracy for France.

Multiple Choice

Lawyers, craftsmen, merchants and commoners make up which estate?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Estates General

Multiple Choice

The Clergy make up which estate?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Estates General

Multiple Choice

The Nobles made up which Estate?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Estates General

Multiple Choice

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• 1st and 3rd Estates

Multiple Choice

The French Revolution was a result of

• unequal tax burdens; the third estate paid all of the taxes

• a growing French Empire

• a law granting peasants more freedom

• equal land ownership

Multiple Choice

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille?

• When French women stormed the palace.

• the national assembly stormed a French prison. Beginning of French Revolution.

• A period of mass executions.

• Storming of the French prison. End of the French Revolution.

Multiple Choice

Why did the National Assembly want to destroy the Bastille?

• It is a symbol of the king and everything wrong with France

• It would end the revolution in France

• The Nobles were hiding there

• They were following the orders of Napoleon

Multiple Choice

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI (the 15th)

• Marquis de LaFayette

• Louis XIV (the 14th)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?

• France had no king to lead the country

• Government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars

• France had a surplus of food due to bountiful harvests

• men between the ages of 18-25 were required to join the army.