French Revolution + Society - Part 1

Question 1

The King and Queen of France were __________ and __________.

Answer 1

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Question 2

Each estate made up what percentage of the population?

Answer 2

First - 1%
Second - 2%
THird - 97%

Question 3

Each estate owned what percentage of the land?

Answer 3

First - 10%
Second - 20%
Third - 65%

Question 4

Who makes up the First Estate?

Answer 4

Clergy

Question 5

Who makes up the second estate?

Answer 5

Nobles

Question 6

Who makes up the third estate?

Answer 6

Peasants, Buisiness Owners, pretty much anyone that is not part of the Nobility or Clergy

Question 7

Who were the borgeoise?

Answer 7

people from the third estate - fancy pants

seemed wealthier and more powerful than they really were

Question 8

Why was the third estate becoming angered?

Answer 8

they were the only social class paying taxes and had hardly any representation in government

Question 9

Where was most of France’s income going?

Answer 9

paying off debt

Question 10

What was the biggest cause of France’s financial debt?

Answer 10

deficit spending
palace of versailles - KLXVI

Question 11

What did DOROMAC stand for?

Answer 11

Declaration
Of
Rights
Of
Man
And
Citizen

Question 12

Who was left out of the DOROMAC

Answer 12

women

Question 13

Who did King Loiuis XVI call on to fix France’s economy?

Answer 13

Jacques Necker?

Question 14

What were Jacques Necker’s propositions?

Answer 14

• Reduce extravagent spending
• Abolish burdensome tariffs on trade
• Give third estate more representation, and start taxing 1st + 2nd estates

Question 15

What was the issue with the estates general?

Answer 15

they hadn’t met in 175 years

Question 16

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 16

an oath taken by the third estate members, vowing to make a written consitution for france.

Question 17

What was the ancient regime?

Answer 17

European social system in the middle ages.

Question 18

What crimes were committed in the storming of the Bastille?

Answer 18

1. B&E
2. Murder
3. Intent to Steal
4. Freeing federal prisoners

Question 19

What happened when the peasants began burning Chateus?

Answer 19

all legal documents and fudal observations were destroyed

Question 20

What did nobility & clergy have to give up in response to the Great Fear?

Answer 20

• Fuedal dues/serfdom
• The tithe
• Hunting + Fishing rights
• Personal privliges

Question 21

After the Parisian Uprising, __________ had power over __________.

Answer 21

the national assembly had power over the church

Question 22

What was a result of the French Constitution of 1791?`

Answer 22

• Set up a limited monarchy
• Set up a legislative assembly to make laws + collect taxes
• Set up 83 different provinces
• Reformed old laws and abolished old courts

Question 23

What rights did the DOROMAC grant people - who also philosphised this?

Answer 23

Liberty, Property, resistance to opression

John Locke

Question 24

What was the signifigance of the storming of the bastille?

Answer 24

• gave people confidence
• threatened KLXVI
• challenged existance of the regime
• Frances national independance day