The French Revolution

Question 1

French Society was spilt into 3 estates

Answer 1

First Estate- Clergy (Priests, Bishops, HUndred thousand people, did not pay taxes, owned 10% of the land )
Second Estate - Nobility ( wealthy land owners who controlled the government and Army, four hundred thousand people, did not pay taxes, owned 60% of the land)
Third Estate- the common people, Twenty-Five million people, paid taxes, and many pheasants still lived under Feudal law)

Question 2

Absolute Monarch

Answer 2

France was still ruled by the old Feudal Sysytem at the end of the 18th Century.

Question 3

Loius XVI

Answer 3

lived a very extravagant lifestyle when the French economy was still poor

Question 4

The 7-Year War

Answer 4

Was a global War fought between 1756-1763, it involved all 5 European great powers of the time, Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia