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5.1 Problems in France
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Who were all in the Second Estate?
The king and queen, nobles. -
Who were all in the Third Estate?
Peasants, shopkeepers, merchants. -
In which year did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette mary?
1770 to improve the political relationship between Austria and France. -
Why was France almost bankrupt in 1789?
Because they helped in the American war of independence in 1778 against Britain. -
What was the nickname of Louis XIV?
The sun king, he said that he was chosen by god. -
What did Louis XIV do?
Made Versailles a home for all nobles, protected trading in France (mercantilism and he displayed his wealth in the palace of Versailles. -
What did the nobility not like in the 1789 Estate-General?
Because Louis XVI wanted to prevent bankruptcy, he proposed that the nobility would also pay taxes. -
5.2 French Revolution I
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What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A pledge of the third estate and it's sympathisers not to break-up the National Assembly until a new constitution in Paris. -
What was the Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen?
In1789 , adeclaration was written by the National Assembly, stating that everyone isborn free and isequal in the eyes of thelaw. -
5.3.1 French Revolution II
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What happened in 1792?
The National Assembly officially ended the monarchy which was replaced by the French Republic with a new government. This started a violent chapter in French History, The Reign of Terror.
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