Unit 5 small assessment (mwh)
questions well answered already passed
First Estate - correct answer ✔✔The first class of French society made up of the clergy of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Second Estate - correct answer ✔✔The second class of French society made up of the nobility
Third Estate - correct answer ✔✔97% of the population (the rest of France) They consisted of
the bourgeoisie and the peasants; they paid high taxes and had no special privileges
King Louis XIV - correct answer ✔✔Absolute French monarch who reigned for seventy-two
years.
What was the purpose of the estates general meeting - correct answer ✔✔To raise taxes to pay
off debt
National Assembly - correct answer ✔✔Started as just the 3rd estate, 1st and 2nd later joined
to form France's government.
Bastille - correct answer ✔✔Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by
peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
The Great Fear - correct answer ✔✔A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French
countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789
questions well answered already passed
First Estate - correct answer ✔✔The first class of French society made up of the clergy of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Second Estate - correct answer ✔✔The second class of French society made up of the nobility
Third Estate - correct answer ✔✔97% of the population (the rest of France) They consisted of
the bourgeoisie and the peasants; they paid high taxes and had no special privileges
King Louis XIV - correct answer ✔✔Absolute French monarch who reigned for seventy-two
years.
What was the purpose of the estates general meeting - correct answer ✔✔To raise taxes to pay
off debt
National Assembly - correct answer ✔✔Started as just the 3rd estate, 1st and 2nd later joined
to form France's government.
Bastille - correct answer ✔✔Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by
peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
The Great Fear - correct answer ✔✔A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French
countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789
