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Start of the French Revolution

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All the people in France belonged to one of the three Estates. Which people belong to the Estates?

Slide 3 - Open question

The Three Estates
(de 3 standen)
All the people in the country belonged 
to one of the 3 estates.

An estate is a group of people 
you belong to from birth.
An estate is hereditary.

You can not easily 
change into 
another
etstate

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1st estate: clergy

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2nd estate: nobles

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The Third Estate
The Third Estate representatives in the Estates General was made up mainly of professional people such as doctors, lawyers, bankers and rich merchants. Many third estate people were just as rich as nobles.

These rich people in the third estate are called: bourgeoisie
Most 3rd Estate representatives in the Estates General were bourgeois people. 
Farmers and poorly paid city workers did not have time or money to come to Versailles to join the Estates General meeting that lasted several weeks.

So, despite the fact that bourgois people were just as rich as many nobles, they lacked the same rights as nobles. 

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3rd estate: peasants

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3rd estate: city workers

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3rd estate: bourgeoisie

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The third estate had many grievances. But not all third estate groups had the same grievances. Choose which groups were most affected by the following problems:
(you can pick 1 or 2 answers at each question)

1. not enough land
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

Slide 11 - Quiz



2. no influence in politics
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

Slide 12 - Quiz



3. low wages
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

Slide 13 - Quiz



4. bad harvests
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

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5. high taxes
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

Slide 15 - Quiz



6. very difficult to get a noble title
A
peasants
B
city workers
C
bourgeoisie
D
all three groups

Slide 16 - Quiz

Source A: A cartoon about the Three Estates, published in the 1780s.

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Which estates do the people in the source represent?


A
A : clergy B: nobility C: commons
B
A: commons B: clergy C: nobility
C
A: nobility B: commons C: clergy
D
A: nobility B: clergy C: commons

Slide 18 - Quiz

What do you think the stone on top of the figure lying on the ground is supposed to mean?


A
The stone symbolizes the anger of the third estate
B
The stone symbolizes the anger of the first and second estate
C
The stone symbolizes the taxes the third estate had to pay
D
The stone symbolizes the taxes the first and second estate payed

Slide 19 - Quiz

"Opening of the Estates-General in Versailles 5 May 1789."
Engraving by Isidore-Stanislaus Helman (1743–1806)

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Why did king Louis XVI call the meeting of the Estates-General?

Slide 21 - Open question

Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term "National Assembly"?
A
a meeting of representatives from the three estates
B
a meeting of people who represent the French people
C
a meeting of people who only represent the third estate
D
an assembly of French nationalists

Slide 22 - Quiz

Which of the following best describes the term "constitution"?
A
a document that tells what rights the people have and what powers the government has (and hasn't)
B
a law in which the power of the king is limited and is no longer absolute
C
a law that abandons the division of people into three estates
D
another word for Trias Politica: the division of powers into the legislative, executive and judicial power

Slide 23 - Quiz

When did the French Revolution start?

Slide 24 - Open question

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