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HST 103 World History | Unit 2 | Lesson 5: The French Revolution
STUDENT GUIDE
Lesson 5: The French Revolution
Lesson Checklist
Complete the online activity Warm-Up: The Three Estates.
Read Chapter 23, Section 1, pages 524 – 533, and answer the questions in this Student Guide.
Complete the online activity Time Line: French Revolution, Part 1.
Complete the Checkpoint.
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 Warm-Up: The Three Estates
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Analyze a political cartoon from France in the late 1700s in the online activity.
 Read
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Read Chapter 23, Section 1, pages 524 – 533, and answer the following questions.
Think about the following questions as you read:
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What economic, social, and political factors led to the French Revolution?
How did Enlightenment thinking and the American example influence French revolutionary ideals?
What were the major accomplishments of the National Assembly?
In the late 1700s, how was French society organized?
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What kinds of people made up the First, Second, and Third estates?
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How did the privileges of the members of the Third Estate differ from those of the First and Second, and how did those
differences contribute to unrest in France?
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Refer to your reading and to the pie charts on page 528 to answer the questions below.
What percentage of the French population was composed of members of the Third Estate?
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What percentage included the combined numbers of the First and Second estates?
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Which estate owned most of the land?
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What estate was responsible for all of the taxes?
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What Enlightenment concepts and/or ideals influenced people in France to challenge the monarchy?
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HST 103 World History | Unit 2 | Lesson 5: The French Revolution
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In 1788, how did bad harvests in France put a financial strain on members of the Third Estate?
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What was Louis XVI’s attitude toward the American Revolution? How did his actions toward the United States
contribute to unrest in France?
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How did Louis XVI attempt to solve France’s financial problems?
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Consider the distribution of voting power in the Estates-General a fair representation of the wishes of the French
people?
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10. Enter the letters in the correct places in the time line to order the events that marked the beginning of the French
Revolution.
A. Rumors circulate that the king is
planning to murder French
citizens.
B. Peasants attach manor houses
and destroy financial documents.
C. The king orders troops to Paris to
disband the National Assembly.
D. Angry citizens gather in the roads
between Paris and Versailles.
E. The National Assembly begins
drafting a new French
constitution.
F. Eight thousand Parisians storm
the Bastille and murder the
governor.
 June 1789
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July 1789 
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11. What changes in government did the National Assembly include in the proposed new constitution?
12. Why did France declare war on Austria?
 Document Analysis: Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man set forth the ideals of the French Revolution. Review the excerpt on page 531 and answer
the questions below.
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When was the document written?
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What major event was taking place in France at the time the document was written?
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What is the main topic of the document?
HST 103 World History | Unit 2 | Lesson 5: The French Revolution
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The document was drawn up by the French National Assembly, and the primary author was the Marquis de Lafayette,
a French nobleman who fought with American forces in the American Revolution. What influenced Lafayette and the
other authors to write the French declaration?
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What Enlightenment ideals did the writers express about freedom and the rights of man?
 Use What You Know
Review key causes and events leading up to the French Revolution, as well as the achievements of the National Assembly, in
the online activity Time Line: French Revolution, Part 1.
 Checkpoint
Complete the Checkpoint.
When finished, please save this Student Guide and send it to Mrs. Claeson. Thanks!