French Revolution

What was the Estate System?

• The Estate System was the institution in which people bought estates

• The Estate System was a social hierarchy consisting of the clergy, nobility, and peasants

• The Estate System was the democratically elected congress of France

• The Estate System was the government that replaced the monarchy after the French Revolution

3rd Estate makes up __% of France's population.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 97

What was the Bourgeoisie?

• The Bourgeoisie was a group comprised of the nobility

• The Bourgeoisie was a group comprised of peasants and serfs

• The Bourgeoisie was a group comprised of merchants and artisans

• The Bourgeoisie was a group comprised of kings and queens

What was the Bastille?

• A barn for food storage

• A palace for the French king

• A prison or fortress

• a Church

Which event marked the beginning of the Revolution?

• The execution of King Louis XVI

• The Storming of the Bastille

• The execution of King Charles X

• The Reign of Terror

The Great Fear was...

• A general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789 that involved a fear of the peasantry

• A general panic that took place between 15 August to 8 October 1533 that involved a fear of the nobility

A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

• Beheader

• National Razor

• Guillotine

• Head chopper-offer 3000

Third Estate members vowed to never give up until a constitution was written.

• Tennis Court Oath

• Estates General

• Estates System

• Guillotine

The period from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.

• Great Fear

• French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Tennis Court Oath

T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.

• True

• False