French Revolution

The machine used to behead enemies of the revolution is called

• The Bastille

• Sans-Culottes

• Guillotine

• The Great Beheader

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally

• the upper classes paid the most taxes

• the poorest classes paid all the taxes

• the third estate was the wealthiest

The political prison, symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution

• The Bastille

• The Tennis Court

• Versailles Palace

• Paris

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

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate System

What cause of the French Revolution is represented by this image?

• Economic crisis

• Weak leadership of the monarchy

• Unequal social class system

• Inspiration from the Enlightenment

Clergy: very wealthy: Did NOT have to pay taxes

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Estate General

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

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

• King Louis XVI

• King Louis XIV

• Marie Antoinnette

• Robespierre

Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?

• unequal tax burdens; the Third Estate paid all of the taxes
• a growing French Empire
• a law granting peasants more freedom
• equal land ownership

In October of 1789, thousands of women marched to the King’s palace demanding

• Money

• Food (bread)

• Cows and chickens

• Cute husbands