French Revolution Study Guide

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Conclusion from the drawing?

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One group paid heavy taxes that supported the other two groups.

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The Third Estate proclaimed themselves a legislature called the

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National Assembly

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Effect of the French Revolution?

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Nationalistic feelings were stimulated.

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Main cause of the French Revolution?

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Economic disparity among the three estates in France.

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Reasons for France's financial crisis before the Revolution:

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war debt, royal spending, and inequality of wealth

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France's debt before the Revolution was due to:

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Building of the palace of Versailles

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Cause of the French Revolution?

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Influence of Enlightenment ideas.

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Estates-General: assembly of France's three estates to approve new taxes.

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Assembly of three estates in France to approve new taxes.

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On June 17, 1789, the Third Estate proclaimed themselves the National Assembly

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with the power to make laws for all of France

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Three main principles in the Declaration of the Rights of Man:

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Liberty, equality, and fraternity