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When was the French Revolution?
1789
What did the society of the Ancien Regime look like?
1. Clergy (Priest)
2. Nobles (aristocrats)
3. Poor peasant farmers (90% of pop.), Bourgeousie, some rich merchants or bankers
Who was priviledged or exempted from most taxes?
Clergy and nobles
Who were included in the bourgeousie?
Artisans
Lawyers
Teachers
Doctors
France was _____?
Bankrupt
France spent a lot of money helping in what?
American Revolution
Clergy and nobles were exempt from taxes resulting in?
Them not paying their fair share
Corrupt tax collectors stole over ___ of the money.
60%
There many ___ ____ under the ____ ____.
Expensive wars
Sun King
Why were the french companies being hurt?
Foreign competition
Why did people face starvation?
Poor crops
There was ________, ________, and ________.
High prices
Low wages
Unemployment
What was the corvee?
Every year for a few days you were forced to work for free
_______ had to pay many hearty taxes.
Third Estates
What were the hearty taxes the Third Estate had to pay?
Gabelle
Tithe
Road Taxes and tolls
Old feudal taxes
Taille
_____ -salt tax
Gabelle
_____ -property on land tax
taille
What were the political causes of the French Revolution?
There were no personal freedoms
King Louis XVI had a very corrupt government
What kind of ruler was King Louis XVI?
Absolute
______ -sealed letters used to arrest people.
Lettre de cachet
After the Lettre de Cachet what happened to you?
You were put in jail with trial
There was no ____ equality under the law.
Equality
The Estates-General didn't meet for how many years?
175 years
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BJ French Revolution A-C
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Updated
2012-03-20T10:57:30Z
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