What was the legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France?

What was the famous oath made on a tennis court by the third estate in pre-revolutionary France?

Who was the author of the Declaration of the Rights of Women, who rallied against the treatment of women in France?

bourgeoisie

situation in which the government spends more money than it takes in

Notebooks used in pre-revolutionary France to record grievances.

fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789.

her frivolous ways, conduct, and various scandals helped discredit the monarchy. She told her husband, Louis XVI, to resist reform demands by the National Assembly. Like Louis, she was branded a traitor and executed.

Fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Returned to France and led the call for reform. In 1789 he presented a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to the National Assembly.

was director of the French treasury before the revolution. He attempted to reform the country’s finances, although he also tried to finance France’s participation in the American Revolution through heavy borrowing, while trying to conceal the country’s huge deficit. Later, his calls for reform were thwarted by Louis XVI.

was king of pre-revolutionary France. He failed to support his ministers, who tried to reform France’s finances and social institutions. Although he agreed in 1789 to summon the Estates-General, he resisted demands for reform by the National Assembly. He was later branded a traitor and executed in 1793

Louis XIV had left France deeply in debt. What 2 wars strained the treasury even further?

King Louis XVI finally summoned who to meet at Versailles after bread riots were spreading and nobles, fearful of taxes, were denouncing royal tyranny.