Mini French 1

Three estates

• social classes in France

• branches of government

• Parts of Versailles

• Being a legal member of a country

Conservatism

• Political idea advocating tradition and slow change

• Political idea advocating new ideas and rapid change

• French policy of saving resources for future use

• When the king holds total power.

Liberalism

• Political idea favoring tradition and slow change

• Political theory supporting new ideas and rapid change.

• Being a legal member of a country.

• forcible overthrow of a government

Nationalism

• identify of a people base on language, history, geography, etc

• Desire to expand a countries territory

• Being a legal member of a country

• Supporting the absolutist leader in all their goals.

Revolution

• The slow and deliberate change a government makes to society.

• Rapid and often violent change in government or society.

• When the people vote for a new leader.

• Trade that leads to innovation and new technology.

Citizenship

• Being a legal member of a country.

• Being legally in a country.

• Being allowed to travel between countries.

• Having similar beliefs and customs to other people.

Organize these options into the correct Estate

Groups:

(a) 1st Estate

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(b) 2nd Estate

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(c) 3rd Estate

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• Commoners

• The Church

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• Nobility

• taxed

• 1% of the population

• owned 30% of the land