A | B |
first estate | clergy, paid no taxes, owned 10% of land |
second estate | nobility, top jobs, paid no taxes |
third estate | 98%; bourgeoisie (middle class) and everyone else; paid taxes |
discontent of third estate | taxes, privileges of other classes, enlightenment ideas |
economic troubles of France | debt, poor harvests, failure of reform |
Estates General | law making group of France prior to revolution |
cahiers | list of grievances, Louis asked each estate for them |
Tennis Court Oath | Third Estate (bourgeoisie) pledged to write a constitution |
Bastille | symbol of absolute royal power, beginning of French Revolution |
Phase One | moderate, wrote documents to set up a new government; goal was limited monarchy |
Lafayette | moderate, leader of the National Guard, had helped in the American Revolution |
National Guard | Led by Lafayette- militia of the middle class to fight royal troops |
tricolor | new flag of France- used by Lafayette and National Guard |
Declaration of Rights of Man | moderate; made taxes based upon income, modeled on John Locke, protect natural rights; all male citizens equal |
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | slogan of French Revolution |
role of women | bread riots, forced King to return to Paris |
sans-culottes | pushed revolution more radical; wanted no monarchy; working class men |
Jacobins | laywers, radical group |
Constitution | set up a moderate government in France, one of the goals of the Tennis Court Oath |