French Revolution Review

The three distinct social classes in France during the 1700's; clergy, nobility, and commoners.

• First Estate

• The Estates

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

This group comprised 97% of France's population before the revolution.

• Rebels

• First Estate

• Third Estate

• Fourth Estate

The King's Palace of France. As many as 10,000 people lived there.

• Bastille

• Versailles

• Bourgeoisise

• Paris

A famous Paris prison stormed by a mob.

• Bastille

• Versailles

• Azkaban

• Alcatraz

Consisted of the nobility class who paid little in taxes.

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

One of three distinct social classes in France consisting of Roman Catholic clergy and made up 1% of the population.

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Esate

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 high tax burden and little political power

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

In 1789, King Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General primarily to...

• raise taxes to pay off growing debt

• increase the influence of the peasants

• protect the privileges of the First and Second Estates.

• eliminate feudal dues

The nobility's main source of income was...

• tithes collected from church members

• feudal dues collected from peasants

• taxes on the income of artisans and merchants

• government salaries

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

• The First Estate

• The Second Estate

• The Third Estate

• The aristocracy