S9- Revolutions Keywords

Question 0

Commoners

Answer 0

These consisted of the peasants (farmers), the bourgeoisie (doctors and lawyers etc.) and the city workers (cooks and merchants etc.)
The commoners paid all of the taxes which was 50% of their income.

Question 1

Equality

Answer 1

The concept that all men were created the same and deserve the same treatment , no matter whom they may be.

Question 2

Liberty

Answer 2

Freedom

Question 3

Fraternity

Answer 3

Brotherhood

Question 4

Guillotine

Answer 4

A tall wooden contraption designed to I capitate those who put their heads in.

Question 5

National Assembly

Answer 5

An assembly consisting of the Third Estate of France designed to convince the King to write up a constitution for France.

Question 6

Three Estates

Answer 6

These were the three different social standings you could be part of if you lived in France in the late 1700s.

Question 7

The Estates General

Answer 7

This was a meeting called between all three estates of France which had before 1789 had not been called since 1614.

Question 8

Jacobins

Answer 8

Political party in 18th century France that Maximilian Robespierre led.

Question 9

Sans-culottes

Answer 9

These were the poor people of France. They could not afford the full length trousers, called culottes, and instead wore three-quarter lengths. They were called sans-culottes which means Without Trousers.

Question 10

The National convention

Answer 10

This was the new parliament elected after the abolishment of monarchy in France.

Question 11

The Enlightenment

Answer 11

This was when popular writers began to question the absolute right to rule that Kings were granted in the 18th century.

Question 12

Feudal dues

Answer 12

These were the taxes or feeds paid that were basically old fashioned property tax which they owed to the lot of the manor.