Ryan's Notes on the French Revolution and Estates General
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The document is a student worksheet about the French Revolution. It contains terms and a chart for students to fill in with information about the three estates in pre-Revolutionary France. It also asks questions for students to answer about the Old Regime, the state of the French economy in the late 1700s, grievances against the nobility and Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI's financial problems, the voting system of the Estates General, and the actions taken by the Third Estate when their demands were denied.
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- 1. Student__________________________________class____date________ Ryan’s WHistory Ch 12.1 Terms: >materialistic (316) >urban (317) >crisis (318) >Tennis Court Oath (319) Complete the chart by using the following items. Write each item in the correct part of the chart. > Roman Catholic clergy held vast lands and collected rents, taxes, and fees 97% of the people, with no voice in gov’t city workers, artisans, and rural peasants less than 2% of population, whose sons inherited their titles and lands less than one percent of the population nobles who paid few taxes and held the highest positions in gov’t. First Estate Second Estate Third Estate
- 2. Answer each of the following: When was the Old Regime? _______________________ What was affecting the French economy in the late 1700s? ________________________________________________ What angered the bourgeoisie? ______________________ _______________________________________________ What words did the French people use to describe their beliefs? ________________________________________ Why did the French people dislike Marie Antoinette? ______ ________________________________________________ Why did Louis XVI need money? _____________________ ________________________________________________ What was the voting system of the Estates General? ______ ________________________________________________ What did the Third Estate demand? What did they do when their request was denied? ___________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Explain what happened when Louis XVI threatened the Third Estate.