The French Revolution

The First Estate was made up of this group:

• The Clergy (people who work for the church)

• The Nobles (Wealthy Landowners)

• Commoners (Peasants and City-Workers)

The Second Estate was made up of this group:

• The Clergy (people who work for the church)

• The Nobles (Wealthy Landowners)

• Commoners (Peasants and City-Workers)

The Third Estate was made up of this group:

• The Clergy (people who work for the church)

• The Nobles (Wealthy Landowners)

• Commoners (Peasants and City-Workers)

Only THIS group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

Which of these contributed to the start of the French Revolution?

• Not spending enough money

• Rejection of the Enlightenment ideas

• Participation in the American Revolution

• Napoleon's rise to power

An economic cause of the French Revolution was overspending by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

• True

• False

After King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General, the 3rd Estate formed this group:

• The Reign of Terror

• The Fourth Estate

• The Estates General

• The National Assembly

King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived here:

• Paris

• Versailles

• The Bastille

• The Estates General

The National Assembly created this document:

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

• The Bill of Rights

This event happened after the National Assembly wrote France's new constitution

• The Tennis Court Oath

• The Storming of the Bastille

• The French and Indian War

• The Estates General meeting