The Ancien Regime

History

Which of the following were the three Estates in eighteenth century France?

What was the name of France's monarch in 1789?

What was the name of the prison where critics of the French government could be sent without a trial?

People who inherited their wealth and power (also known as the nobility).

People who worked for the Church (also known as the clergy).

Poor urban workers also known as the sans culottes.

The new wealthy middle class also known as the bourgeoisie.

The Enlightenment created new social groups like the sans culottes.

The Enlightenment increased France's debt.

The Enlightenment made the peasants so poor they could not afford to pay tax.

The Enlightenment provided new ideas about how to criticise the French government.

Which of the following is a reason why the Enlightenment might have contributed to making 1789 a crisis year for Louis XVI?