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direct land tax all able bodied men had to complete mending royal roads
Corvee
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tax on sugar
Gabelle
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tax on traders
Octroi
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income tax
Twentieths
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a portion of the peasants crops that had to be paid yearly to the landlord
Champart
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paid to the church for upkeep of buildings but usually went to bishops instead
Tithes
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1st estate
Clergy
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who collected indirect taxes for the king
farmers general
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350'000 people
2nd estate
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name of Marie Antoinette's place
Petit Trianon
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Marie Antionette was accused of (blank) by illegal presses in Paris
Lesbianism
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Marie Antionette was accused of (blank) by illegal presses in Paris
Beastiality
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Where did the royal family flee to
Varennes
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The name of the nobel in the diamond necklace affair
Rohan
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The philosopher who was seen as the start of democracy
Rousseau
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The name of educated people who criticised the power the government held
Philosophes
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a sacrificial novella parodying religion
Candide
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who wrote the dictionnaire philosophique?
Voltaire
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Who wrote the spirit of the laws 1748?
Montesquieu
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Who wrote "what is the third estate?"
Sieyés
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90% of what was paid by the 3rd estate?
tax
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the name of Marie's retreat built in 1786?
Hameau
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Marie Antionette had over 300 (blank) made for her every year
dresses
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What was Marie's nickname?
Madame Deficit
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Only the lord could eat pigeons. What wast this right called?
Dovecot
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in 1789, what was 88% of peasants wages spent on?
bread
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Card 2

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tax on sugar

Back

Gabelle

Card 3

Front

tax on traders

Back

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Card 4

Front

income tax

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

a portion of the peasants crops that had to be paid yearly to the landlord

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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