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Chapter 6, Section 1 Vocabulary Terms
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| The Clergy | This group enjoyed enormous wealth and privilege. They owned 10% of the land, collected titles, and paid no direct taxes to the state. |
| The Nobles | This group was the titled nobility of French society. They held the top jobs in government, the army, the courts, and the Church, but all under strict royal control. |
| The Third Estate | This group made up 98% of the French population. The bulk of this group, or 9 out of 10, were rural, poor peasants. |
| bourgeoisie | The middle class. They included the prosperous bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and newspaper owners. |
| deficit spending | When a government spends more money than it has (or takes in from taxes). |
| King Louis XVI | The King of France who left the country deeply in debt due to the Seven Year's War and the American Revolution. Even though it was his grandfather, King Louis XIV who created this debt, Louis XVI would be blamed for France's problems. |
| Estates General | This is a group that represents all three Estates. The King would call this group to convene in times of deep economic and political troubles. |
| The Tennis Court Oath | The National Assembly swore "never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution". This was done on a tennis court; thus, the tennis court oath. |
| storming of the Bastille | On July 14th, 1789, 800 Parisians stormed this grim medieval fortress which was used as a political prison. They sought guns and gun powder to protect the National Assembly. This event is looked upon as the beginning of the French Revolution. |
| Bastille Day | The French celebrate this day, July 14th, as their national holiday, much like we celebrate July 4th as our own. |
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