Question

ASAP

I. ****What are the 4 causes of the French Revolution?

a. _________________________________________________

b. __________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________
1. In what year did the French Revolution begin?


2. How was France changed by the Revolution?



3. Name 4 powers of Louis XVI.




4. What is a lettre de cachet?


5. What was the Bastille?


6. What was the Ancien Regime?


7. What is an estate?


8. Define bourgeoisie.


9. Define sans-culotte.

10. Using the information on the Reading, fill in the Chart below.

for each estate
Who in it?
Number of members
How much land they owned?
Powers

First Estate


Second Estate

Third Estate


11. How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?




12. What was the Estates General? When did it meet? When was the last time it had met?



19. Reading through all the notes, what were some of the problems forcing the Estates General to meet in 1789?



20. Read the 4 primary sources. How do these sources explain why the poor of France resnted the rich?

Answer 1

4 causes of the French revolution

1. France was in great debt

2.Taxes were raised/ The government made taxation schemes

3.They had gone several years without a good harvest

4. The first class citizens had more rights and privileges than the other citizens