French Revolution

Question 1

3 estates

Answer 1

→ First Estate- the church (clergy)
→ Second Estale - le nobility
→ Third Estate - the commoners (peasants/workers) 98% of poblation.

Question 2

What is the tithe?

Answer 2

one tenth of the annual, produce or earnings, formerly taken as tax for the support of the church /clergy.

Question 3

What were the causes of the French Revolution?

Answer 3

• In Europe, many people in the 1700s were starting to think that royal rulers and the church should not hold all of the power.
• This became known as the Enlightment.
• These new ideas grew when thinkers called philosophers started to write books. They applied science and logic to the world’s problems.
• Many people started to think that they should change their government. They wanted to take power away from the monarchs and give it to the people.

Question 4

Positive effects of the French Revolution (7)

Answer 4

• Spread ideas of freedom and equality across Europe.
• Abolished unfair taxes
• Many ordinary people gained the right to vote.
• Abolined the idea ‘of absolute monarchy’
• End of slavery in France (Napoleon reintroduced it later again)
• The declaration of the Rights of Man was writen.
• Influenced new ideas to develop like nationalism & communism.

Question 5

Negative effects of the French Revolution (6)

Answer 5

• Took long time for people to actually benefit from feudalism disappearing, people were still very poor.
• Led to period of terror, where thosands were executed for not having enough enthusiasm
• Many people killed in France’s civil war
• Church lost land, but was bought by noble people, not ordinary.
• Women didn’t have equal rights in any point of the revolution.
• Took a lot of time for people to be treated equally.