Hint
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Answer
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Members of the First Estate
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Clergy
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Members of the Second Estate
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Nobility
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Members of the Third Estate
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Common People
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Name of the direct tax
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Taille
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Population (%) in the First Estate
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0.6%
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National land (%) owned by First Estate
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8-10%
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Name of the church tax
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Tithe
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Population (%) in the Second Estate
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0.4%
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National land (%) owned by Second Estate
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30%
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Name for public services tax
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Corvée
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Name for salt tax
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Gabelle
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Name for income tax
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Vingtième
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Population (%) in the Third Estate
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98%
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Population (%) in the peasantry
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85%
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National land (%) owned by Third Estate
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25-45%
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Name for the peasant tax paid to landlord
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Feudal Dues
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Population (%) in the bourgeoisie
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8%
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Enlightenment philosophe V_______
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Voltaire
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Enlightenment philosophe M_________
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Montesquieu
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Enlightenment philosophe R_______
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Rousseau
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Enlightenment philosophe D______
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Diderot
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'Bible of the revolution'
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Social Contract
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Publication year of above
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1762
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Years of the four wars waged by France 1733 - ____
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1783
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Cost of these four wars for France
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4,000 million livres
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Nickname given to Marie Antoinette for her extravagant spening
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Madame Deficit
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First step of ecenomic crisis
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Financial Crisis
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Second step of ecenomic crisis
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Fiscal Crisis
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Third step of ecenomic crisis
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Political Crisis
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First Finance Minister (1774 - 1776)
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Turgot
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Second Finance Minister (1776 - 1781)
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Necker
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Third Finance Minister (1783 - 1787)
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Calonne
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Fourth Finance Minister (1787 - 1788)
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Brienne
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Financial declaration published by Necker
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Compte Rendu au Roi
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Year of this document's publication
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1781
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Claim of surplus made in the document
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10 million livres
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Actual deficit of French economy
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46 million livres
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Annual deficit of French economy on 1786
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112 million livres
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Organisation appealed to by Calonne for fiscal reform
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Assembly of Notables
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Organisation that the case was referred to by the above
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Estates-General
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Organisation appealed to by Brienne for fiscal reform
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Paris Parlement
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Action by Parlements to delay or block legislation
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Remonstrance
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Date of Royal Session in which Parlements blocked legislation
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17th November 1787
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Income (%) speant by peasants on bread in 1789
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65-90%
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Drop (%) in demand for consumer goods in 1789
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50%
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Books organised for the meeting of the Estates-General
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Cahiers de Doleances
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English translation of above
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Books of Grievances
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Decree wby which the King could improson without explanation
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Lettres de Cachet
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Intellectual leader and key figure in revolution
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Abbe Sieyes
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Pamplet published by above in January 1789
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What is the Third Estate?
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Number of delegates for the Third Estate at Estates-General
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578
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Organisation formed by the Third Estate led by Sieyes
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National Assembly
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Date of the formation of above
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17th June 1789
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Oath of solidarity swore by the National Assembly
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Tennis Court Oath
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Date of the above event
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20th June 1789
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Number of royal troops surrounding Paris 1st July 1789
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20,000
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Stage one of the four revolts
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Aristocratic Revolt
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Years of the above ____ - 1788
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1787
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Stage two of the four revolts
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Bourgeois Revolt
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Years of the above ____ - 1789
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1788
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Stage three of the four revolts
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Urban Revolt
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Stage four of the four revolts
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Peasant Revolt
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Number of troops surrounding Paris 11th July 1789
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30,000
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Name of fortress in Paris stormed by workers
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The Bastille
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Date on which above occurred
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14th July 1789
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Number of muskets seized by workers
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28,000
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Number of cannons seized by workers
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20
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Number of people killed in this event
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98
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Number of nobles that fled abroad as a result of this
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20,000
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Months of the Great Fear July - ______
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August
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Dates of the August Decrees 5th - __ of August
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11th
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Tax abolition proposal on the 4th August
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Feudal Dues
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Dates of the October Days 4th - _ of October
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6th
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