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an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?
The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.
what was the slogan of the revolution
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (brotherhood)
it is French law organized to set standards for crime and civic life that reflect Enlightenment ideas.
napoleonic code
The period when Robespierre ruled France as a dictator and thousands of political figures and citizens were executed
reign of terror
the estate which included the bourgeoisie as well as professionals, artisans, and peasants.
3rd estate
A pledge made by members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 in which they vow to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
tennis court oath
Louis XIV
built palace of versatilles
louis xvi
The king of France during the French Revolution
French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate
national assembly
An assembly of representatives from all three estates. Each estate got one vote.
estates general
jacobins
Revolutionary group led by Robespierre
bastille
A Paris prison that housed weapons used during the French Revolution
Robespierre
Leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror
Who became the ruler of France as a result of the French Revolution?
napoleon bonaparte
what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?
95
