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French Rev 4 POV

French Revolution Point of View

Question	Answer
Which Estate felt that church, because of its higher calling, deserved a tax break?	First Estate
Which Estate felt like their leadership of their countrymen deserved a tax break.	Second Estate
Which Estate was the most concerned with equality between the Estates?	Third Estate
Which Estate felt like their sizable population should afford them more decision-making power?	Third Estate
Which Estate felt like they did the most good for their countrymen compared to the other estates?	All Estates :) They did not see each other's perspective or viewpoints easily
Which faction felt like the King was corrupt, and blamed him for the situation France was in?	Mountains
How did the Committee of Public Safety justify their actions in the Reign of Terror	They were looking out for the good of the French people. Anyone that spoke against them was against the people of France and deserved the guillotine
Who felt like Revolutions followed a pattern and studied them to develop 4 main stages of each modern Revolution?	Crane Briton
The Committee of Public Safety felt like the Guillotine was a good elimination tool because?	The spectacle it created and that it could be used to make a point to anyone that dissented against the government. It was more efficient, too. And, supposedly quicker and more humane.
The Republic of Virtue failed to understand that people are essentially ____ not ___. You get what you inspect, not what you expect.	greedy, good This is why price controls failed; there was no one to enforce them.
The First Estate included	The Clergy. Most leadership of the 3rd Estate were raised as nobility. Some holding lesser roles like priests or monks could be from 3rd Estate.
The Second Estate included:	The aristocracy or nobility. They were the beneficiaries of the taxes on the 3rd Estate but did not underestand the true desperation of the commoners
The Third Estate included	commoners.
Which is the only estate that was strongly pro-revolution?	Third Estate
First Estate Leadership Roles	Most leadership (Bishop, ArchBishop, Cardinal) were from 3rd Estate & raised as nobility. They were 2nd/3rd sons, rasied in wealth but could not inherit according to French law unless the oldest brother died without children.
Second Estate Roles	These people were aristocracy. They had titles and were wealthy for the most part. Lords and Ladies, Dukes and Duchesses, Marquis and Marquesses. Comte and Comtesses.
Third Estate Roles	They could be from the city (urban) or the country (rural). They could be middle class merchants or shop owners, own ships and trading routes, be doctors and lawyers OR farmworkers and maids. They worked for their money and paide mos tof the taxes.
First Estate modest roles	Some holding lesser roles like priests or monks could be from 3rd Estate. They lived in friaries or monesteries. Female version was a nun who lived in an Abbey or Convent.
First Estate late stages of revolution	In the later stages of the Revolution, the Catholic properties were seized and became property of the new state. Religion was was de-emphasized. Notre Dame, one of the best known cathedrals in Europe, became a "temple of reason".

Created by: YsWords

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