The French Revolution

The First Estate was made up of this group:

• Catholic Church Officials & Clergy

• Common People: Bourgeoisie, Peasants & farmers

• Nobility & aristocracy

• Kings and Queens

The Second Estate was made up of France's -

• Catholic church officials & Clergy

• Common People: Bourgeoisie, Peasants & farmers

• Kings and Queens

• Nobility & aristocracy

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• Catholic church officials & Clergy

• Common People: Bourgeoisie, Peasants & farmers

• Nobility & aristocracy

• Kings and Queens

Most of the people of France belonged to which estate?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair for the 3rd estate?

• votes were not secret

• each estate voted by how many members there were

• each estate got the same number of votes

• the King got two votes

The national Assembly adopted what document?

• The Edict of Nantes

• the constitutions of 1795

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Bill of Rights

During the Great Fear this group riots throughout France.

• Nobles

• Peasants

• Bourgeoisie

• Clergy

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille?

• When French women stormed the palace.

• A period of mass executions.

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

• Peasants storm a French prison. Beginning of French Rev.

The radicals who took over the revolution were led by

• Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• Rousseau

• Marquis de Lafayette