The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29 – Flashcards
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Why was France deeply in debt by 1789
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They Funded the American Revolution
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What was the Estates General
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Super Parliament made up of representatives from the three estates
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The First Estate
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The Nobles
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The Second Estate
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The Clergy (religious people)
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The Third Estate
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Common population
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How many representatives did the Third Estate show up with
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600
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The First and Second Estate both had about _____________ representatives
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300
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Louis XVI
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- 1774 to 1792 - his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution - He and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
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Louis XVI sent troops to Paris primarily to
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- Quell uprisings over food shortages
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What did the revolutionaries do after Louis XVI sent troops to Paris
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Seized the Bastille Prison to free prisoners and, most importantly, to get guns
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Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
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- August 26th 1993 - Laid out a system of rights that applied to every person - Made those rights integral to the new constitution
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French Revolution was mainly because of the lack of
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Food for the poor
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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- 1769-1821 - French general who became emperor of the French
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When did Napoleon Bonaparte become the first consul of france
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1799
