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Skiles WWHistory Unit 7

Chapter 7: The French Revolution Begins

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social and political system of France in the 1770sOld Regime
3 large social classes of French people in the 1770sestates
ROman Catholic clergy made up this class of peopleFirst Estate
Rich nobles made up this class of peopleSecond Estate
ABout 97% of the people belonged to this groupThird Estate
Middle-classbourgeoisie
New ideas about government powerEnlightenment
His extravagant spending put France deeply into debtLouis XVI (16th)
Louis XVI's queenMarie Antoniette
an assembly of representatives from all 3 estatesEstates-General
Third Estates delegates who passeed laws and reforms in the name of the French peopleNational Assembly
a wave of panic that spread through France saying the nobles hired outlaws to terrorize peasantsGreat Fear
A limited Monarchy stripped the King of some power and created this legislative bodyLegislative Assembly
Nobles and others who fled France and wanted to restore the Old RegimeEmigres
Parisian workers and shop-keepers who wanted the Revolution to bring even greater changed to Francesan-culottes
A radical political organization led by Jean-Paul MaratJacobins

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