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Old regime
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Time before revolution; absolute monarchy
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First estate; second estate; third estate
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1) clergy; 2) nobility; 3) everyone else
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What made the peasants and city workers so poor
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High taxes
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2 major events that inspired the middle class (bourgeoisie)
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1) ideas of enlightenment
2) American Revolution
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Most serious problem for France during 1770's and 1780's......
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Debt
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France's king and queen during French Revolution
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Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
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What happened in 1777-1788??
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Bad harvest
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What year did bankers refuse to lend France more money??
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1786
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Constitution
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Plan for a government
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Bastille
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Fortress in paris to symbolize the king's power
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How did the king try to save France??
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Called estates general to meet at versailles
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Estate's general
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Their house of representatives
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First act of the revolution
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3rd estate created National Assembly
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What was the oath that the national assembly made??
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Tennis court oath
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Tennis court oath
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Swore not to adjourn without a constitution
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