French Revolution

Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?

• defeat and occupation by Prussian army
• rejection of Enlightenment ideas
• participation in the American Revolution
• the rise of Napoleon

During the mid­1700s, the French people were divided into estates, or classes. Which of the following formed the largest and poorest class in French society?

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Fourth Estate

Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 

• unequal tax burdens
• equal land ownership
• a law granting peasants more freedom 
• a growing French empire

What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? 

• the declaration of the Edict of Nantes
• Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France
• unification of French city­ states
• the restoration of Louis XVI 

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people.

• National Assembly

• The Estates

• New Regime

• Feudalism

Social class made up of the Nobility.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• The. . . Noble. . . Estate?

Social class consisting of the clergy.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• The CHURCH!

The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• 1.2.3.. BOURGEOISIE!

An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

• Storming of the Bastille

• The Great Fear

• Storming of Pompei

• Sandstorm