Ancien Regime - Structures of Power and Privilege

Place these individuals or social groups into their Estates

Groups:

(a) First Estate

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(b) Second Estate

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(c) Third Estate

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(d) The Royal Famiy

• The Marquis de Lafayette

• Louis XVI

• Noblesse de robe

• Poor, local parish Priests

• Comte de Mirabeau

• Peasant Farmers

• Pope Pius VI

• Archbishops

• Nuns

• Bishops

• Marie Antoinette

• Lawyers

• Maximillien Robespierre

• Doctors

• The Dauphin

• Noblesse d'epee

• Jacques Necker

• Jean Sylvian Bailly

• Merchants

Which of the following WERE true of Louis XVI?

• He was only FIVE when he became the King of France

• His authority was not subject to approval by any other body

• His will was law, because there was no official constitution of France

• He orchestrated a plot to starve the urban workers of Paris to prevent revolution

Identify the Fleur de Lys

This map shows the ​ (a)   ​ (b)   of France in 1789.

(zoom in for details - grey areas are after 1789)

• 39
• Provinces
• Generalites
• 36

Drop the following into their categories

Groups:

(a) Provinces

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(b) Generalites

• 39

• 36

• Intendents

• Governors

Label the diagram according to the Social Structures of the Estates system in the Ancien Regime

a

b

c

d

e

King

Clergy

Nobility

God

Commoners