French Revolution

Clergy: very wealthy: Did NOT have to pay taxes

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate General

Nobles: Had land and wealth. Did NOT have to pay taxes

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estates General

Middle class, urban workers, rural peasants. Made up 98% of the population. Had to pay ALL the taxes

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate System

This system was based on social classes. The people with the most money did not have to pay taxes. The Third Estate had to pay all the taxes.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate System

The legislative body consisting of representatives from all three Estates.

• Estates General

• Estates System

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

The leader of the Reign of Terror. He and the Jacobins started the Reign of Terror.

• Robespierre

• King Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinnette

• Estates General

Monarch of France during the French Revolution. He was beheaded and charged with treason for trying to flee France.

• King Louis XVI

• King Louis XIV

• Marie Antoinnette

• Robespierre

The symbol of terror during the French Revolution, used to execute traitors to the revolution.

• Guillotine

• Robespierre

• The Jacobins

• The Bastille

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

• Tennis Court Oath

• Estates General

• Estates System

• Guillotine

The wife of Louis XVI

• Marie Anntoinnette

• Robespierre

• The Bastille

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