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World History Ch 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The 3 estates (social classes) in France | First - Clergy (great wealth & privilege); Second - Nobility (held jobs in government, army, courts); Third - Bourgeoisie (middle class considered the poorest / majority of population) |
| Who proposed taxing the nobles and clergy? | Jacques Necker |
| A notebook listing grievances | cahier |
| The name of the old order of French society | ancien regime |
| In France the term used for “social class” | estate |
| Term for the middle class in France | bourgeoisie |
| Many people saw the Bastille as a symbol of | tyranny |
| The third estate was: | the largest of the estates |
| The economic crisis in France was caused by: | bad harvests, deficit spending, and costly wars |
| What effect did the national debt have on France? | It helped to worsen the economic crisis |
| What happened after the Tennis Court Oath? | Royal troops gathered around Paris |
| Who was a role model for moderates? | Marquis de Lafayette |
| The radicals in the Legislative Assembly were called the: | Jacobins |
| Who fanned the flames of opposition to the French Revolution abroad. | SANS-CULOTTES (working class men and women) |
| A variety of ______ with differing views competed for power in revolutionary Paris. | factions |
| Who spoke out in favor of women’s rights? | Olympe de Gouges |
| Who resisted the ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man? | Louis XVI |
| What kind of government did the Constitution of 1791 set up? | a limited monarchy |
| How did European monarchs and nobles feel about the French Revolution? | They opposed it because they feared revolution would spread. |
| How did the National Assembly hope to pay off the national debt? | by selling Church lands |
| How were sans-culottes different from Jacobins? | They were working class; Jacobins were middle class |
| Pride in one’s country | nationalism |
| A word meaning “not religious” | secular |
| Became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety | Robespierre |
| The right to vote | suffrage |
| A popular military hero | Napoleon |
| Why did the revolutionaries want to abolish the monarchy? | They wanted to establish the French Republic. |
| What was the goal of the mass levy of early 1793? | to raise money for the war effort |
| To deal with threats to France, the Convention created: | the Committee of Public Safety |
| One way the government tried to de-Christianize France was to: | create a secular calendar |
| This took place in revolutionary France. | Nationalism replaced loyalty to rulers |