SG 11.1
Name ________________________
Chapter 11: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Read Section 1: The French Revolution Begins, Pages 329-335
Background to the Revolution
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1. In addition to the start of the French Revolution, what other
major event took place in the year 1789?
2. France’s population of 27 million was divided into three orders called _____________________.
The Three Estates
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3. The 1 Estate consisted of what group of people?
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4. Numbered about how many people?
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5. They owned what % of France’s land?
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6. What were they exempt from?
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7. The 2 Estate consisted of what group of people?
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8. Numbered about how many people?
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9. They owned what % of France’s land?
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10. What were they exempt from?
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11. What did the people of the 2 Estate possess?
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12. What were the people of the 3 Estate Called?
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13. Identify the three groups of people that made up the 3
Estate.
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14. Explain relics of feudalism
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15. Identify the occupations of the 2 group of people that
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made up the 3 Estate.
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16. What hurt these people’s buying power?
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17. Another group of people in the 3 Estate were the Middle
Class—What was the name given to these people?
Financial Crisis
18. What was the immediate cause of the revolution?
19. What two things led to the financial collapse?
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20. What did Louis XVI call in order to raise new taxes?
From Estates-General to National Assembly
21. Where was the Estate General meetings held?
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22. How did the 3 Estate propose to fix France’s financial
problems?
23. Traditionally, how many votes did each Estate get?
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24. What did this mean for the 3 Estate?
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25. How did the 3 Estate react to King Louis XVI’s refusal to give
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the 3 Estate more votes (what did they form into & what did
they pledge to write?)
26. What significant event took place on an indoor tennis court?
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27. What event on July 14 saved the 3 Estate from the King’s
forces?
28. What was the name given to the uprisings happening around
France in the summer of 1789?
The Destruction of the Old Regime
29. On the night of August 4, 1789, what did National Assembly
vote to abolish?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
30. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the
Citizen inspired by?
31. What did Oympe de Gouges refuse to accept?
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32. Did the National Assembly listen to her demands?
The King Concedes
33. What group of people marched on Versailles on October 5,
1789?
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34. What did they want from Louis XVI?
35. What did they do with Louis and his family?
Church Reforms
36. Why did many Catholics become enemies of the revolution?
A New Constitution and New Fears
37. What did the Constitution of 1791 set up in France?
38. How did Louis XVI make it more difficult to set up a new
government in June of 1791?
War with Austria
39. What did Austria and Prussia fear about the revolution in
France?
Rise of the Paris Commune
40. The French Revolution was about to enter a more _________________and ________________stage
41. What did the radical political groups in the Paris Commune
proudly call themselves?