Ch 11 WS 1

World History

 

  1. In what 3 ways does the book say the French Rev was different from the American Rev?

 

 

  1. Who made up the 1st and 2nd Estates in France? From what were they exempt?

 

 

  1. What percentage of the French population did the 3rd Estate make up? What % of the French population were peasants?

 

 

  1. Who else was part of the 3rd Estate besides the peasants?

 

 

  1. What was the immediate (short term) cause of the French Revolution?

 

 

  1. Why did Louis XVI call together the Estates-General?

 

 

  1. What was the Estates-General made up of?

 

 

  1. What was the voting problem in the Estates-General?

 

 

  1. What kind of voting change did the 3rd Estate demand in the Estates-General?

 

 

  1. What did the representatives of the 3rd Estate declare themselves to be?

 

 

  1. What did #10 declare on the tennis court?

 

 

  1. Why did French citizens form militias in the summer of 1789?

 

 

  1. What was proclaimed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

 

 

  1. What did a large band of women march to Versailles to demand?