What Caused The French Revolution

Where do your rights come from?

What was King Louis’s authority based on?

• Marie Antoinette

• Terror

• Divine right

• The Estates General

Which Estate paid taxes to the king?

• First estate - the clergy

• Second estate - the nobility

• Third estate - peasants and the middle class

Why was France in debt at this time?

• Inflation

• The Stock Market Crash of 1929

• It funded the American Revolution and was fighting a war with Britain

• Marie Antionette's spending habits

What was the Bastille?

• A prison that was also used to store weapons

• A hospital

• A luxurious palace that the King had built

• It was where the Estates General met

Why was King Louis XVI arrested and found guilty of treason?

• He raised taxed on the 1st Estate

• He signed a peace treaty with the British

• He burned down the Bastille

• He attempted to flee France

King Louis went from being revered to being beheaded. What actions did he take that contributed to his fate?