French revolution Flashcards
Name the three Estates
First Estate- Clergy
Second Estate- Nobility
Third Estate- bourgeoisie and peasants
Use of Estates-General
In financial crisis to impose new taxes
Who called for the Estates-General
King Louis XVI
When did the EsGen happen
May 5 1789
After breaking away from the EsGen what did the third estate call themselves
National Assembly
The king locked the third estate out of the EsGen and so they moved to a nearby tennis court, what is this called
Tennis Court Oath
What and when was the Storming of Bastille
July14 1789; 900 parisians gathere around the medieval fortress/ prison to get weapons
What was the great fear?
Peasants burned their noble’s buildings which housed records and docs
Women’s March on Versailles
Oct. 5 1789; parisian women march to versailles to demand free bread during a bread shortage
When did the national assembly vote to abolish legal privileges of nobles & clergy
Aug 4 1789
What happened aug 26 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Church Reforms
NA seized and sold off Church lands, Bishops and Priests were to be elected by the people
The new Constitution of 1791 set up?
Limited Monarchy in which the Legislative Assembly made laws
Sans-Cullotes
Paris radicals declared themselves as a separate group ( commune)
All men could vote
Causes of the French Revolution
Social Inequality and issues in Economy
