1. The French Revolution

2. 2 Table of Contents The Three Estates The National Assembly Executions The National ConventionThe National Convention The Terror Robespierre

3. The Three Estates Life under the ancien regime The Three Estates: Clergy Nobility Everyone else Late 18th-century financial crisis Unfair taxation

4. 4 The Three Estates

5. 5 What type of source is this? What appears to be happening? What is the setting? How can you tell?

6. 6 Who does the man in the purple robe represent? How can you tell?

7. 7 Who does the man in the red jacket represent? How can you tell? What is he wearing at his side?

8. 8 Who does the man under the rock represent? How is he dressed? Is that surprising?

9. 9 What are the two men standing on? The words on the rock translate to “heavy taxes and forced labor.” Why would the artist write those words on the rock?

10. 10 What is the relationship between the three men? Do the clergyman and the nobleman seem concerned about the third man?