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| 3 Things that led to the French Revolution: | Bad harvests, debt, spread of Enlightenment ideas. |
| King of France during the French Revolution: | King Louis XVI (16th) |
| What the King of France did because he needed money: | Called the Estates General to meet for the first time in 100 years. |
| How French classes were divided before the Revolution: | 3 Estates |
| First Estate: | Clergy (Church officials) |
| Second Estate: | Nobles |
| Third Estate: | Commoners, peasants. |
| These were people of the Third Estate that were educated and had wealth: | the bourgeoisie |
| What was the "Tennis Court Oath?" | The Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General meeting, so they went to a nearby tennis court to swear to not give up until they had a new constitution. |
| What made the common people of France storm the Bastille? | King Louis XVI called the French Guard (army) into Paris. |
| What was the Bastille? | The castle prison in Paris. |
| Why did they storm the Bastille? | Mainly to get weapons. |
| What was the name of the Third Estate's new government? | The National Assembly |
| What happened after the National Assembly ended all noble privileges in France? | Many nobles flee France |
| This was the French Bill of Rights: | Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| Three main ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man | Liberty, equality, fraternity |
| American who helped write the Declaration of Rights of Man: | Thomas Jefferson |
| When the commoners marched to Versailles palace, what did they demand from the King? | Bread, and a meeting. |
| When King Louis XVI agreed to meet with the commoners, what happened? | They took him and the Queen prisoner. |
| What type of Government did the National Assembly create? | A Constitutional Monarchy |
| Why did King Louis try to escape house arrest? | He wanted to seek help from monarchs in surrounding countries. |
| What country did France declare war on? | Austria (they were friends with King Louis XVI) |
| This was the radical group that gained power in the National Assembly | The Jacobins |
| He was leader of the Jacobins: | Robspierre |
| Preferred method of execution for the Jacobins: | Guillotine |
| Why did France delare war on surrounding countries? | They wanted to defeat monarchs. |
| France eventually formed the largest army yet seen in Europe. How did they do it? | Conscription (a draft) |
| What was the purpose of the Reign of Terror? | To eliminate enemies of Revolutionary France. |
| Why was Robspierre eventually arrested and executed? | He was out of control, began executing his rivals and anyone even suspected of being against him. |
| 3 GOOD things that Robspierre did was: | Expanded school for children, kept prices down, got rid of slavery in France and its colonies. |
