The Estates General

Background By _____, France’s economy is in ruins for several reasons Lavish ______ by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Poor ______________ ______________(1756-1763) and the ________________(1775-1783)

King Louis XVI promises to call together the _________, which had not met since 1614 Hopefully this will solve France’s problems The Estates General is scheduled to meet on May 5th, 1789 at ________

Louis XVI, king of France

What Was the Estates General? This was a ________ assembly for the different French classes (Congress) The Estates General was made up of three classes ______-1st Estate ________-2nd Estate __________ (peasants)-3rd Estate

Clergy By 1789, the 1st Estate (Clergy) was made up of 100,000 people Owned _____% of the land All property was __________

Clergy

Nobility The 2nd Estate (Nobility) was made up of 400,000 people Enjoyed the better government jobs Was also _________

Nobility

Bourgeoisie The 3rd Estate (Bourgeoisie, peasants) was made up of ____ million people The 3rd Estate paid ____________ This means the burden fell on France’s poorest Each Estate had ___ vote The _____ and _____ Estates usually voted together

The 3rd Estate had to sit by themselves at the Estates General They had to wear __________ Had to enter the Estates General through a _________ The 3rd Estate (____% of France) is getting fed up…