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French revolution
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who ruled france in the late 18th centery | louis XVI |
| who marred louis | Marie Antoninette |
| what was enlightment? | A movement of thinkers who valued reason and science above faith or authority as a basis for society |
| How many estates were the french people divided into? | Three |
| what was a taille | a Land tax |
| what was a gabelle? | a sait tax |
| who was the first estate | priests and bishops |
| who was the second estate | wealthy landowners |
| who was in the third estate | the common people |
| what is a tithe | one thenth of earnings that went to thecatholic church |
| what was the estate general? | a kind of french parliament that was made up of three parts each repesenting the three eastates |