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The French Revolution

The French Revolution

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The French Revolution

Revision Lesson

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Lesson Objective

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

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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.

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Vocabulary to Revise

  • Political upheaval = overthrow or disruption of government

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Multiple Choice

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

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First Estate

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Second Estate

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Third Estate

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Estates General

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Multiple Choice

The Clergy make up which estate?

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First Estate

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Second Estate

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Third Estate

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Estates General

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Multiple Choice

The Nobles made up which Estate?

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First Estate

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Second Estate

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Third Estate

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Estates General

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Multiple Choice

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

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1st Estate

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2nd Estate

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3rd Estate

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1st and 3rd Estates

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Multiple Choice

The French Revolution was a result of

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

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a growing French Empire

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a law granting peasants more freedom

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equal land ownership

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Multiple Choice

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille?

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When French women stormed the palace.

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

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A period of mass executions.

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

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Multiple Choice

Why did the National Assembly want to destroy the Bastille?

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

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It would end the revolution in France

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The Nobles were hiding there

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They were following the orders of Napoleon

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Multiple Choice

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

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Robespierre

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Louis XVI (the 15th)

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Marquis de LaFayette

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Louis XIV (the 14th)

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Multiple Choice

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

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France had no king to lead the country

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Government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars

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France had a surplus of food due to bountiful harvests

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

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