Ch 18 Flashcards
The —————— was made up of mostly clergy. They were extremely wealthy and had many privileges in France.
1st estate
The ————- were the French nobles who owned land and didn’t have to pay taxes
2nd Estate
The ———— made of 98% of the French population. They were the middle class, the peasants, the city laborers
3rd Estate
The———— where the wealthiest members of the third estate. They were the middle class made up of bankers, merchants, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors, and journalists.
Bourgeoisie
————- is when the government spends more money than it takes in. Louis XVI put France in deep debt by spending too much money and by being a weak leader
Deficit spending
Who was a financial expert, who Louis XVI chose as an advisor to help him with the poor economy
Jacques Necker
King Louis XVI summon the ———- which consisted of representatives from all estates, because France was on the verge of bankruptcy and riots were spreading
Estates general
Cahiers were———— full of grievances like fairer taxes and freedom of the press from the third estate to Louis XVI
Notebook
The———- was a pledge that the national assembly took to draft a new constitution for France
Tennis court oath
The storming of the ————- which occurred on July 14 was the symbol of the French revolution. It happened when the crowd wanted weapons and gun powder, supposedly kept at this prison. The soldiers open fire on the crowd in the mall broke through the greats killing many soldiers but finding no weapons or gun powder
Bastille
The main reason for Francis financial crisis was the ————— which drove food prices very high this in turn caused wide spread hunger among the people. Also deficient spending from wars and Louis XVI‘s extravagances put the country into extreme debt
Bad harvests
Due to fear and starving to death the peasants attacked the nobles in France who were trying to collect dues from them. This was known as the _________
Great fear
__________ The French hero of the American Revolution was a political Moderate who led the national assembly in France
Marquice da Lafayette
At the beginning of the French revolution the __________
issued “ the declaration of rights of man and the Citizen” which was based on the American Declaration of Independence
National assembly
_________ is the right to vote. In France, only male citizens both property and non-property owners could vote
Suffrage