1. The Estates General

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

3. 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 ________

4. Louis XVI, king of
France

5. 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

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

7. Clergy

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

9. Nobility

10. 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

12. 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…