Chp. 23 Test

In the 1770s the social and political system of France was called the ​ (a)   .  Under this systems the people of France were divided into ​ (b)   social classes or ​ (c)   .

• Old Regime
• 3
• estates

The top 2 estates under the Old Regime in France were privileged and could hold high offices and didn’t have to pay ________.

The members of the clergy and the nobles scorned _______________ ideas and radical notions that threatened their status and power and privileged persons.

The third estate was made up of France’s workers, peasants and the ______________ which was the middle class  people like bankers, merchants and artisans. 

Many educated members of the bourgeoisie knew about the writings of great enlightenment philosophers like John ​ (a)   , Baron de ​ (b)   , and Jean-Jacques ​ (c)   . The Bourgeoisie also had heard about the ​ (d)   colonists that just rebelled against the British king.

• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• American

By the 1780s, the heavy burden of taxes made it almost impossible to have a profitable business in France.   To make matters worse, severe _________ caused widespread crop failures resulting in a shortage of grain. 

During this time, France’s government sank into dept and part of the problem was the extravagant spending of King Louis XVI and his queen ________ ________.  

The Queen added to the King's problems.  She interfered with the government, gave bad advice, spent too much money on gowns, jewelry, and gambling that she got the nickname “_________ __________”. 

The king's idea to raise money was to make the nobles pay taxes.  To do this they had to have a big meeting called the ​ (a)   . To make a change the 3rd Estate formed the ​ (b)   and wanted to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people.  The forming of the National Assembly  proclaimed the end of absolute ​ ​ (c)   and the beginning of representative government….this was the first deliberate act of ​ (d)   .

• Estates General
• National Assembly
• monarchy
• revolution

3 days later the 3rd Estate delegates were locked out of their meeting room.  They broke down the door to an indoor ​ (a)   and stayed there until a new ​ (b)   could be written…..this is known as the Tennis Court ​ (c)   .

• tennis court
• constitution
• Oath