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The French Revolution Begins
Section 1
The French Revolution Begins
Main Idea:
Economic and social inequalities in the Old
Regime helped cause the French Revolution
Why it matters now:
Throughout history, economic and social
inequalities have, at times, led peoples to
revolt against their government
Introduction
France was the center of Enlightenment
Prosperous trading practices
Widely praised culture
High prices and taxes
Creates civil unrest
The Old Regime
System of Feudalism that contained 3
social classes-Estates
First Estate- Clergy- No TAXES
Catholic Church
Second Estate- Rich Nobles- No TAXES
Third Estate- Peasants, urban workers, middle class
97% of population
Few privileges and huge tax burden
Enlightenment Inspires the Third Estate
High taxes damage the economy in 1780s
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
Inherit large debt
Spends extravagantly despite debt
Banks refuse to lend more money
Louis XVI didn’t care about governing
High grain prices created a
starving population
Louis XVI’s poor leadership makes the
problems worse
Louis XVI Calls Estates General
Meeting of representatives from all three estates
Third Estate wanted changes
The king refused to change rules of
Estates General
Sieyes suggests Third Estate start a new
legislature
The National Assembly
Pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people
First step towards revolution
Tennis Court Oath 1789
Pledge to stay until a new Constitution
was written
Storming the Bastille
Started by rumors Louis XVI wanted to
shut down National Assembly
Mob attacks the Bastille and kills guards
A Great Fear Sweeps France
Rumors and panic spread
Attacks by peasants all over country
Peasants destroy legal papers binding them to
feudal system
Force Louis XVI to return to Paris from Versailles
The
End
Quiz A
1 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
2 - What was the name of Frances’ king
who inherited a huge debt and still spent
extravagantly, had a starving population
due to high grain prices and still chose
to borrow money to help the Americans
fight the British, and had little interest of
the details of governing and did not pay
attention to his advisors’ warnings?
3 - What term describes a French
assembly of representatives from all
three estates?
4 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
5 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
6 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
7 - Because American colonists
benefited from Britain’s expensive
victory during the French and Indian
War, Britain expected colonists to help
pay for the costs by passing what law
in 1765 that colonists protested by
saying “no taxation without
representation”?
1 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
2 - What was the name of Frances’ king
who inherited a huge debt and still spent
extravagantly, had a starving population
due to high grain prices and still chose
to borrow money to help the Americans
fight the British, and had little interest of
the details of governing and did not pay
attention to his advisors’ warnings?
3 - What term describes a French
assembly of representatives from all
three estates?
4 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
5 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
6 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
7 - Because American colonists
benefited from Britain’s expensive
victory during the French and Indian
War, Britain expected colonists to help
pay for the costs by passing what law
in 1765 that colonists protested by
saying “no taxation without
representation”?
Answers
1 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
Catholic Church, Rich Nobles
2 - What was the name of Frances’ king
who inherited a huge debt and still spent
extravagantly, had a starving population
due to high grain prices and still chose
to borrow money to help the Americans
fight the British, and had little interest of
the details of governing and did not pay
attention to his advisors’ warnings?
Louis XVI
3 - What term describes a French
assembly of representatives from all
three estates?
Estates General
4 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
National Assembly
5 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
Enlightenment
6 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
George III
7 - Because American colonists
benefited from Britain’s expensive
victory during the French and Indian
War, Britain expected colonists to help
pay for the costs by passing what law
in 1765 that colonists protested by
saying “no taxation without
representation”?
Stamp Act
Quiz B
1 - By voting to establish the National
Assembly in 1789 the Third Estate
Representatives took the first
deliberate act of Revolution and three
days later took what oath pledging to
stay until a new Constitution was
written?
2 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
3 - Who was Marie Antoinette, who
spent lavishly on gowns, jewels and
gifts while her country, France, was in
a state of emergency facing
bankruptcy?
4 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
5 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
6 - England’s ruler during the late 18th
century was not an Enlightened
Despot; his power was limited
because England had what type of
progressive government?
7 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
1 - By voting to establish the National
Assembly in 1789 the Third Estate
Representatives took the first
deliberate act of Revolution and three
days later took what oath pledging to
stay until a new Constitution was
written?
2 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
3 - Who was Marie Antoinette, who
spent lavishly on gowns, jewels and
gifts while her country, France, was in
a state of emergency facing
bankruptcy?
4 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
5 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
6 - England’s ruler during the late 18th
century was not an Enlightened
Despot; his power was limited
because England had what type of
progressive government?
7 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
Answers
1 - By voting to establish the National
Assembly in 1789 the Third Estate
Representatives took the first
deliberate act of Revolution and three
days later took what oath pledging to
stay until a new Constitution was
written?
Tennis Court Oath
2 - The Third Estate was eager to
make changes and when the king
refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges
suggested the Third Estate delegates
name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of
the French people?
National Assembly
3 - Who was Marie Antoinette, who
spent lavishly on gowns, jewels and
gifts while her country, France, was in
a state of emergency facing
bankruptcy?
Queen
4 - Respectively, which group made
up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates
which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
Catholic Church, Rich Nobles
5 - Who was the king of Great Britain
when American colonists, who thrived
on trade with European nations, won
independence?
George III
6 - England’s ruler during the late 18th
century was not an Enlightened
Despot; his power was limited
because England had what type of
progressive government?
Constitutional monarchy
7 - The United States Constitution and
the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
protected basic rights and expressed
a positive view that what type of ideas
could be put into practice so that
reason and reform could succeed in
government?
Enlightenment
The
End
Chapter 7.1 Quiz
1 - In the 1700s, which country was the center of the Enlightenment, had prosperous trading practices, had a
widely praised culture, but also had a thinly disguised civil unrest fueled by high prices and high taxes?
France
2 - The Old Regime in France was a system of feudalism left over from the middle ages and contained a social
class divided into three large social classes called what?
Estates
3 - Respectively, which group made up the privileged 1st and 2nd Estates which had access to high office and
exemption from paying taxes?
Catholic Church, Rich Nobles
4 - The 3rd estate has approximately what percent of the population and was compromised of merchants, artisans,
cooks, servants and peasants who began questioning long-standing notions about the structure of society, power
and authority of government?
97%
5 - What was the name of Frances’ king who inherited a huge debt and still spent extravagantly, had a starving
population due to high grain prices and still chose to borrow money to help the Americans fight the British, and
had little interest of the details of governing and did not pay attention to his advisors’ warnings?
Louis XVI
Chapter 7.1 Quiz (cont.)
6 - Who was Marie Antoinette, who spent lavishly on gowns, jewels and gifts while her country, France,
was in a state of emergency facing bankruptcy?
Queen
7 - What term describes a French assembly of representatives from all three estates?
Estates General
8 - The Third Estate was eager to make changes and when the king refused to change the rules of the
Estates-General, Abbe’ Sieges suggested the Third Estate delegates name themselves what which would
pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people?
National Assembly
9 - By voting to establish the National Assembly in 1789 the Third Estate Representatives took the first
deliberate act of Revolution and three days later took what oath pledging to stay until a new Constitution
was written?
Tennis Court Oath
10 - On July 14, 1789, what Paris prison did revolutionaries take control of in order to secure the
gunpowder and has since become a symbolic act of the Revolution?
Bastille