French Revolution

The pre-revolution system that divided France into three unequal estates know as the

• Bourgeoisie

• Old Regime

• Class System

• Estates- General

The estate that was forced to carry all of the burden by paying taxes and did not receive any privileges

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Bourgeoisie

Once France ran out of money and its economy collapsed, who did Louis XVI attempt to tac and what event did it lead to?

• Catholic Church, Concordat

• Second Estate, Estates-General

• Peasants, Great Fear

• Jacobins, Reign of Terror

How did King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette make the 1789 economic situation of France worse?

• Loaning Austria too much money

• Excessive spending

• Closing French Banks

• Printing too much money

Where did the delegates of the Estates-General have their meeting?

• Versailles Palace

• Tuileries Palace

• Bastille Prison

• Elba

The promise of the National Assembly to stay at Versailles and draft a new constitution was known as the

• Committee of Public Safety

• Peasant Act

• Tennis Court Oath

• Reign of Terror

Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had

• a smaller tax burden than the other estates

• greater political influence than the clergy

• a voice in government equal to that of the First and Second Estates

• a high tax burden and little political power

Commoners-the bourgeoisie, professionals, peasants, and urban populace-made up which estate in France?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France

• dissolved.

• bankrupt.

• a nation.

• a republic.

In 1793 King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were

• saved from the Robespierre.

• executed.

• deported to England.

• returned to the throne.