French Revolution
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| Taille | a land tax
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| Gabelle | a salt tax
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| Tithes | a tax of 1/10 of their income paid to the Church
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| The First Estate | Consisted of the clergy. Most were poor priests but many were wealthy bishops.
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| The Second Estate | Was the nobility, which were extremely rich and powerful nobles.
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| The Third Estate | Consisted of everybody else. They ranged from middle-class people to poor country people
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| Only members of the Third Estate | paid taxes
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| The Enlightenment | a time when French writers such as Rousseau and Voltaire put forward new enlightened ideas.
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| The French Revolution | began in 1789
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| King Louis XVI | was a weak king and became bankrupt after helping the American Revolution.
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| Queen Marie Antoinette | was Austrian and was very unpopular because of her extravagant lifestyle.
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| National Assembly | was formed by the Third Estate.
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| 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.
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| The Fall of the Bastille | happened on 14 July 1789, marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
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| National Guard | was an armed force to defend Paris and the National Assembly against the King.
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| Declaration of the Rights of Man | document that declared that all people are born free and equal and that law must treat everyone equally.
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| 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.
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| New Constitution | said that the Parliament should make the laws. Therefore the King tried to escape from France.
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| Varennes | was where the King and his family were arrested.
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| King died by the | guillotine.
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| Reign of Terror | was when 40,000 nobles, clergy and others were killed by the guillotine
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| Maximilien Robespierre | was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety.
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| Napoleon Bonaparte | was an armed general that became the ruler of the country in 1804.
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