French Estates and Revolution

What was the Estates General in France?

• A legislative body advising the king

• A military organization

• A religious council

• A trade union

How did the Estates General vote?

• Each estate had multiple votes

• Each estate had one vote

• Only the king voted

• Votes were based on wealth

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• A pledge by the National Assembly to continue meeting until a new constitution was established.

• A promise by King Louis XVI to support the National Assembly.

• An agreement between the First and Second Estates to oppose the Third Estate.

• A treaty signed between France and neighboring countries.

Organize these options into the correct categories

Groups:

(a) First Estate

,

(b) Second Estate

,

(c) Third Estate

• The smallest estate

• A wide variety of people from peasants, craftspeople, laborers, bankers, merchants

• less than 1% of the population

• Owned about 20% of the Land and paid little to no taxes

• about 2% of the population

• The French Nobility

• about 97% of the population

• owned about 10% of property and paid little to no taxes

• The Clergy

• Paid the majority of the taxes to the government

On June 13, 1789, the Third

Estate declared itself the "___________ ." They would begin making their own laws and running the

country.

• National Assembly
• Council of Estates
• Parliament of France
• General Assembly

Lived from 1754-1793. King of France from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. He was deposed by the National Convention and executed by the guillotine

• Charles X
• Louis XVIII
• Louis XVI
• Louis XIV

Queen of France and wife of King Louis XVI (16th); she was queen during the French Revolution and disliked by many French citizens; she was found guilty of treason and guillotined.

• Marie de France
• Catherine de' Medici
• Marie Antoinette
• Empress Josephine

a wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countrtyside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789

• Storming of the Bastille
• Great Fear
• French Revolution
• Reign of Terror

a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution

• guillotine
• firing squad
• electric chair
• axe

The period from mid 1793- mid 1794 when Maximillien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed during its most bloodthirsty time.

• Napoleonic Era
• Reign of Terror
• French Revolution
• Bourbon Restoration