French Revolution: Topic 1, Absolutism and the structure of the Ancien Regime 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryFrench revolutionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Katieh1529Created on: 24-06-18 12:21 Absolutism and the structure of the Ancien regime: When was the Ancien regime first used? 1790 1 of 21 Who was the head of the Ancien Regime? The king/ the absolute monarche 2 of 21 who did the government consite of other than Louis? advisers and ministers 3 of 21 how many generalites/administrative areas was France split into? 36 4 of 21 what % of the population was the first estate/Clergy? 0.5% 5 of 21 What did the church have control over? education; hospitals; poor relief 6 of 21 What % of the population was the second estate/nobility: less than 1% 7 of 21 what were the different types of nobility? Noblesse de court; Nobless de Robe 8 of 21 What part of the population was the third estate/peasantry? 28 million people 9 of 21 What % of the third estate lived in the countryside? 80% 10 of 21 what were the priveliges of the 1st estate? all the other 3 answers 11 of 21 what were the nobility exempt from? heaviest tax, the tailles (land tax); the corvees royales (labour service on the roads); military conscription 12 of 21 what did the peasantry have to pay? rents; taxes; the taille; gabelle; tithe to the church 13 of 21 what were the 3rd estate dependant on? price of bread 14 of 21 what were the key weaknesses of absolutism and the structure of the Ancien Regime? problems of government and taxation; couldn't be reformed; tensions in society grew 15 of 21 Louis XVI: What year was Louis born in Versailles? 1754 16 of 21 when did Louis succeed his father 1774 17 of 21 when did he marry Marie-Antoinette? 1770 18 of 21 why was Marie-Antoinette unpopular? she spent all of the king's money on things she doesn't need; Austrian blamed for French defeat in the Seven years' war (1753-63) 19 of 21 when did the royal couple have their first child? 1778 20 of 21 when did they produce a male heir? 1781 21 of 21
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