The French Revolution

Question 1

Bourgeoisie

Answer 1

the middle class

Question 2

Deficit Spending

Answer 2

situation in which a government spends more money than it takes in

Question 3

Faction

Answer 3

small group

Question 4

Émigré

Answer 4

person who flees his/her country for political reasons

Question 5

Republic

Answer 5

system of government in which officials are chosen by the people

Question 6

Suffrage

Answer 6

right to vote

Question 7

Nationalism

Answer 7

strong feeling of pride in and devotion to ones country

Question 8

Secular

Answer 8

having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters

Question 9

Plebiscite

Answer 9

ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue

Question 10

Annex

Answer 10

add a territory onto an existing state or country

Question 11

Blockade

Answer 11

shutting off a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

Question 12

Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 12

fighting carried on through hit and run raids

Question 13

Abdicate

Answer 13

give up a high office

Question 14

Legitimacy

Answer 14

principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored

Question 15

The Old Regime

Answer 15

social, economic, and political structure of France

Question 16

Marie Antoinette

Answer 16

Louis XIVs queen

Question 17

1st Estate

Answer 17

• Clergy of RC Church (bishops, priests, cardinals, abbots)
• Less than 1% of pop (100,000 of 24 mil)
• Owned 10-15% of land

Question 18

Tithe

Answer 18

10% of everyone’s income that had to be paid to the Church

Question 19

2nd Estate

Answer 19

• gov’t privileged tithe; nobility (church used as bribe to not pay taxes)
• 2% of pop (400k ppl)
• owned 33% of land
• paid little to no taxes
• got $ from lands, rent, and feudal dues

Question 20

3rd Estate

Answer 20

• Everybody else (98% of pop)
• paid most taxes
• all were angry
• included the bourgeoisie
  
  • artisans, laborers, city workers
• peasants (90% of pop)

Question 21

Inflation

Answer 21

prices raising higher than actual worth of goods

Question 22

Debt

Answer 22

• Louis XIVs wars
• government spending (palaces, trips, clothes, jewelry)
• 1st and 2nd estate not paying taxes