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French Revolution
Study cards for my pre-ap world history & geography french revolution quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Third Estate | The peasants that made up 97-98% of the population and took the burden of all taxes |
| Second Estate | The Nobility who enjoyed special privileges |
| First Estate | High-ranking church members |
| Guillotine | The invention that became popular to use during the Reign of Terror to kill people because it was the most "humane"/painless way |
| Maximilien Robespierre | The mastermind of the Reign of Terror and refused to decrease the amount of public executions until he met the same fate himself? |
| One | In the Estate's General, each estate got ___ vote |
| Agriculture | The economy of France pre Revolution depended upon this |
| George Danton | The Parisian Commune was led by a Jacobin by the name of... |
| Deficit spending | King Louis XVI started _ _, which means he was spending more $ than he was collecting from taxes |
| Emigres | After special privileges are abolished for the First & Second Estate, many nobles flee the country and are known as... |
| Tennis Court Oath | After being locked out of the Estates General, members declared itself to be the National Assembly, relocating and taking this.... |
| Women's March on Versailles | This event happened on October 5, 1789 |
| Commune | After the Storming of the Bastille, Parisians demanded their own form of government called the _____________, in which small factions competed for control |
| Tuileries Palace | After the Women's March on Versailles, the royal family was forced to relocate and taken as virtual prisoners to this place |
| Storming of the Bastille | This event happened on July 14, 1789 (when the people of France heard the King was spending foreign troops to invade) |
| Madame Deficit | Many of the French people blamed the Queen, Marie Antoinette, for over spending on luxury items such as dresses and jewelry, giving her this nickname... |
| Population | This unfair voting system angered members of the Third Estate who felt they should have more of a say. As a result, they demanded that voting should be counted based on _________________ |
| Austrian | Under the control of the Legislative Assembly, the royal family tried to escape their imprisonment but were caught in Varennes, just miles from the _____________ border |
| Jean Paul Marat | Which member of the Jacobins was assassinated while he was in his medicinal bath by a woman? |
| Bloc | As a result of the voting in the Estates General, the First and second Estate could operate as a voting ____ to stop the Third Estate from passing reform |
| Seven Year's War | Prior to the Revolution, King Louis XV was involved in this war that depleted the treasury |
| Cahiers | In the Estates General, traditional lists of grievances were drawn up by the people to be read by the King, they were called... |
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