Age of Revolutions, week 8 (new)

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Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had...

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to pay all of the taxes and had unfair representation in the French government

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This estate was made of up 97% of the population (like the commoners, peasants, and middle class)

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3rd

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After being cast out of the Estates-General, the National Assembly convened in the tennis courts of Versailles and gave this oath, promising to not stop until France was changed.

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Tennis Court Oath

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The leader of the Reign of Terror & the Committee of Public Safety was

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Maximilien Robespierre.

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What groups of people made up the First and Second Estate?

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nobles and clergy

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What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?

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all men were free and equal

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The guillotine was used extensively during the Reign of Terror.

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True

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The French people loved Marie Antoinette.

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False

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When Napoleon became the supreme leader in France what popular legal system did he enact that greatly simplified the laws of France and gave extensive freedoms and rights to French people?

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Napoleonic Code

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What did Napoleon crown himself in 1804 after winning major Military Battles (making France an empire)?

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Crowned himself Emperor of France