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French Revolution
Term | Definition |
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Taille | a land tax |
Gabelle | a salt tax |
Tithes | a tax of 1/10 of their income paid to the Church |
The First Estate | Consisted of the clergy. Most were poor priests but many were wealthy bishops. |
The Second Estate | Was the nobility, which were extremely rich and powerful nobles. |
The Third Estate | Consisted of everybody else. They ranged from middle-class people to poor country people |
Only members of the Third Estate | paid taxes |
The Enlightenment | a time when French writers such as Rousseau and Voltaire put forward new enlightened ideas. |
The French Revolution | began in 1789 |
King Louis XVI | was a weak king and became bankrupt after helping the American Revolution. |
Queen Marie Antoinette | was Austrian and was very unpopular because of her extravagant lifestyle. |
National Assembly | was formed by the Third Estate. |
Tennis Court Oath | The National Assembly swore that they would never disband until France had a constitution that would set down fair rules to govern the country. |
The Fall of the Bastille | happened on 14 July 1789, marked the beginning of the French Revolution. |
National Guard | was an armed force to defend Paris and the National Assembly against the King. |
Declaration of the Rights of Man | document that declared that all people are born free and equal and that law must treat everyone equally. |
March to Versailles | Parisian women marched that were armed with weapons such as pitchforks and axes. They forced the royal family to return with them to Paris. |
New Constitution | said that the Parliament should make the laws. Therefore the King tried to escape from France. |
Varennes | was where the King and his family were arrested. |
King died by the | guillotine. |
Reign of Terror | was when 40,000 nobles, clergy and others were killed by the guillotine |
Maximilien Robespierre | was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | was an armed general that became the ruler of the country in 1804. |