WH-08.5 Causes & Effects of French Revolution guided questions
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Write down THREE facts you find interesting about the causes of the French Revolution.
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Causes of the French Revolution
Explain how the causes listed below led to the French Revolution:
Age of Absolutism -
The Enlightenment -
The American Revolution -
Economic Problems - Poor decisions and bad luck put France into hard times.
What TWO wars bankrupt France?
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Who was taxed to pay for these wars?

How did the massive hailstorm of 1788 affect the poor?

The Old Regime - The ‘Old Regime’ was the nickname for the French government that had been in place since the Middle Ages. Fill in the pyramid below, naming the spots of each estate and the position of the King.

First Estate - , %
Second Estate - , %
Third Estate - , %

Forces of Change
To resolve these problems the King called .
The representation was divided equally between every estate (Each estate made up ⅓ of the representatives. Why was this unfair?

After much discussion and disagreement, the Third Estate was kicked out of the process. What two things did they do to retaliate?

The Spark
What was the symbolic start of the French Revolution?

The French Revolution
What THREE (3) Enlightenment ideas did the French people use to create their new constitution?

The Revolution became more and more radical (extreme). Some of examples of this include…

The monarchy was overthrown and replaced by the
The was created and headed by .
Describe the Reign of Terror:
What happened to Robespierre?
The Aftermath
What did Napoleon want to create?

What THREE (3) mistakes did Napoleon make? Briefly explain each.

Effects of the French Revolution
What were the effects of the Revolution?

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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athenian democracy developed around the fifth century bc in the greek city-state (known as a polis) of athens, comprising the city of athens and the surrounding territory of attica, and is often described as the first known democracy in the world. other greek cities set up democracies, most following the athenian model, but none are as well documented as athens'.

it was a political system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen, i.e., not a foreign resident, a submissive or a woman, and the number of these was "probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population."[1]

the longest-lasting democratic leader was pericles. after his death, athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions towards the end of the peloponnesian war. it was modified somewhat after it was restored under eucleides; the most detailed accounts of the system are of this fourth-century modification rather than the periclean system. democracy was suppressed by the macedonians in 322 bc. the athenian institutions were later revived, but how close they were to a real democracy is debatable. solon (594 bc), cleisthenes (508/7 bc), and ephialtes (462 bc) contributed to the development of athenian democracy. cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth.

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polisit can also mean a body of citizens. in modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient greek city-states, like classical athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". the body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient greece.