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World History Chapter 11 Test PART ONE

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absolute monarchy
what was the French system of government before the French Revolution
social equality and economic problems
what contributed to the French Revolution
feudalism
before the French Revolution french society was structured on the relics of
estate system
what was the system known as that came before the French Revolution
political economic and social
feudalism is defined as a medieval european _____,______, and _____ system from the 9th to 15th century
someone farming land for a lord and agreeing to serve under the lord in war in exchange for getting to live on the land and receiving protection
what is an example of feudalism
rights and status
the estate to which a person belonged was very important because it determined that person's ___________ in society. usually a person remained in one estate for his or her lifetime and any movement upwards could take many generations
the majority of the french people
the third estate was ____ and heavily taxed
estates
french society was divided legally into 3 status groups called
clergy
what was the first estate
nobility
what was the second estate
from peasants to wealthy merchants
what was the third estate
most of the wealth
the first and second estate controlled
taille
what was the first and second estate exempt from paying (english name tax)
pay taxes to the government
the third estate had to _______
duties to the nobles
in addition to paying taxes, the third estate had to ______ such as harvesting their crops
Bourgeoisie
middle class
middle class / nobility
the ______ was unhappy not to have the same privileges granted to the ______
economy
the immediate cause of the revolution was a near collapse of the French ______
bad harvest
slowdown in manufacturing
food shortages
rising price of food
unemployment
what were the causes of the financial crisis
louis xvi
____ and his ministers continued to spend enormous sums of money on wars and court luxuries
wars and court luxuries
what did the king and his ministers spend enormous sums of money on
american colonists
when the government invested large sums of money to support the _______ against the British
total crisis
the budget went into _______ when large sums of money were giving to support the americans agaisnt the british
taxes
France needed to increase ______
estates-general
louis xvi called a meeting of the
tax increase
what was disscussed in a meeting with the kind and the estates general
the right to have its votes count / the 1st and 2nd estates
the 3rd estate claimed ________ as much as those of the ____
may 5 1789
the estates general met to discuss the needed tax increase on ____
3rd estate / clergy / nobility
the _____ wanted the ____ and ____ to pay taxes too
state / 1 / outvoted
under the current system each ___ and ____ vote, so the 3rd estate could easily be ____ by the 1st and 2nd estates
deputy / power / king
the 3rd estate wanted each ______ to have a vote to give themselves more ____ but the _____ favored the current system
national assembly
challenging the king's authority, the 3rd estate declared that it was the ________
new constitution
when challenging the king's authority the 3rd estate changed its name and declared to draft a _____
Versailles
the national assembly was locked out of
indoor tennis court
when the national assembly was locked out of versailles, they had to meet in an
tennis court oath
in the indoor tennis court, the national assembly swore that they would continue to meet until they had a new constitution
force
Louis xvi prepared to use _______ against the 3rd estate
Bastille
on july 14 1798 Parisians stormed the _____
a medival fortress on the east side of paris, a prison for important persons charged with various offenses
what was the Bastille
foreign armies / national assembly / peasant rebellions
fearing that ______ would stop the work of the ______, ______ sprang up around the country
rights of man / limited monarchy / constitution of 1791
the national assembly affirmed the ______ and set up a _____ in the ________
declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
the national assembly adopted the ____
all men were free and equal before law
appointment to public office should be based on talent
no group should be exempt from taxation
freedom of speech and press were affirmed
what were some of the law in the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
olyme de gouges
who refused to accept the exclusion of women from the declaration and wrote about it
exclusion of women
the olyme de gouges refused to accept
king / decrees / Parisian women / Paris
the _____ did not support the national assembly's ________ but was forced by a mob of _____ to accept the decrees and return to _______
catholic church
the national assembly tried to reform the ___
church lands were sold off
the church was brought under the control of the state
church officials would be elected by the people not appointed by the pope
the state would pay the salaries of bishops and priests
what were some of the reforms of the catholic church
there would still be a king but a legislative assembly would make laws
what was a limited monarchy
25 / taxes / vote
men over _____ who paid a certain amount of _____ - could ___
passive / equal rights / vote
_____ - citizens with _______ but no ______
food shortages / war going badly / radical
with _______ and the _________ angry citizens wanted more _____ changes
paris commune / mob attack / king captive
the citizens formed the _____ and organized a _______ to take the ______
Sans-culottes
members of the paris commune began calling themselves
long trousers / patriots
sans-culottes wore ______ to identify themselves as ordinary _________
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