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History French Rev.
The French Revolution
Question | Answer |
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The causes of the French Revolution | Inequality amongst social classes, Economic crisis when France went bankrupt, and poor leadership by King Louis the 16th. |
The first estate | Made up of church or clergy |
The second estate | Filthy rich nobles |
The third estate | Split into 3 separate groups: The bourgeoisie had a lot of money (now a day doctors or lawyers), San Culotte was middle class, and Peasents were poor |
The two wars that acquired a lot of debt | the 7 years war and the american revolution |
Louis XVI's biggest flaw | indecisive |
Marie's nickname and why people didn't like her | Madame Deficit. She was foreign |
The Estates General | When one representative from each estate comes together |
Why did the estates general lead to the french revolution? | Because the 1st and 2nd estate teamed against the 3rd whch caused the 3rd to get upset and kicked out. Once they got kicked out, they caused a protest. |
Bastille | A prison that was stormed by the protesters because of the guns in the basement. |
What's the unified group formed by the 3rd estate? | The national assembly |
Who led the moderates? | Marquis de Lafayette |
Type of flag the moderates had | tri-colored red, white, and blue |
What "Enlightenment goal" did the assembly meet? | equality for all men |
The national Assembly wrote what document, modeled after the American Deceleration of Independence? | the Rights of Man |