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1. What were the causes of the French Revolution? Taxation of the 3rd estate, inequality in the community. 2. What actions were taken by the Third Estates in rebellion against the Old Regime? La ejecución del Rey y Reina que seguían este tipo de gobierno. 3. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? The document that stated that men are born with natural rights. --- Fill in the Blanks using your worksheets from the week. The French Revolution 1. France in the 18th century was a rich and populous country, but it had a systemic problem collecting taxes because of the way its society was structured. They had a system with kings and nobles we now call the Old Regime. 2. By 1789, France was deeply in debt thanks to their funding the American Revolution and the extravagant lifestyle of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. 3. This misery coincided with hailstorms that ruined a year’s harvest, thereby raising food prices and causing widespread hunger. 4. So basically the peasants were hungry, the intellectuals were beginning to wonder whether God could or should save the King, and the nobility were dithering about, and failing to make meaningful reforms. ...