French Revolution

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This was NOT a cause of the French Revolution: France was deeply in debt, Inequality of French social classes, ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers, Religious issues

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Religious issues

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Clergy: very wealthy: Did NOT have to pay taxes

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1st Estate

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Middle class, urban workers, rural peasants. Made up 98% of the population. Had to pay ALL the taxes

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3rd Estate

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Monarch of France during the French Revolution. He was beheaded and charged with treason for trying to flee France.

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King Louis XVI

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The political prison, symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution

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The Bastille

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Third Estate members vowed to never give up until a constitution was written.

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Tennis Court Oath

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The Second Estate was composed of  Church leaders, Nobility, Peasants, none of the above

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Nobility

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Most of the people of France belonged to the 

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3rd Estate

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Which event was the official start of the French Revolution? Options: Storming of the Bastille, Tennis Court Oath, Spanish Invasion, Shooting at Lexington and Concord

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Storming of the Bastille

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Louis 16th called for a meeting of delegates called

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Estates General