Chapter 3 Section 1-2 People, Places & Terms
1. During the middle ages France was divided into 3 social classes called
__________________________________________.
2. This group made up the First Estate in France and enjoyed wealth and privilege.
__________________________________________
3. What group made up the Second Estate in France and held the top government
jobs & paid no taxes? ______________________________________
4. The ________________________________________ was the French middle class, which
included bankers, merchants and manufacturers, and sat at the top of the third
estate.
5. The ______________________________________ was the most diverse social class and
resented the clergy and nobles because of their privileges.
6. What was the name of the legislative body consisting or representatives of the
three estates? _________________________________________
7. Who was the French king at the beginning of the French Revolution, that was
weak and indecisive.
8. This occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in.
________________________________________
9. ______________________________________________ was the king’s financial advisor who
urged the king to reduce court spending and tax the First and Second Estates.
10. In June 1789, delegates of the Third Estate claimed to represent the people of
France, and declared themselves to be the ________________________________________.
11. The National Assembly took the _________________________________________, vowing to
create a constitution for France.
12. On July 14, 1789, more than 800 Parisians stormed this fortress looking for
weapons and gunpowder. ________________________________________________
13. The ____________________________________________ was a desperate time in the French
Revolution when rumors ran wild and peasants unleashed their anger on the nobles.
14. This moderate aristocrat fought with Washington in the American Revolution
and headed the National Guard in Paris. _____________________________________________
15. What radical group replaced the royalist government in Paris at the beginning
of the revolution? ________________________________________
16. This document was modeled after the American Declaration of Independence
and declared all French males were born free and had equal rights.
____________________________________________________
17. Who was the Austrian born queen of France that was resented because of her
extravagant life style? _____________________________________________
18. ____________________________________________ was a journalist who demanded equal
rights for women and was later executed.
19. Nobles, clergy, and others who had fled France and its revolutionary forces were
known as ________________________________________
20. What was the name of the revolutionary political club in the Legislative
Assembly that was made up of middle-class lawyers and intellectuals? _______________
21. _______________________________________ were working-class men and women of Paris
who pushed the revolution into more radical action.
22. A government ruled by elected representatives is known as a ____________________.