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Blank filling.
1. ________Louis XVI______ lived an extravagant life with Marie Antoinette , making him
unpopular in the French Society
2. The society then was divided into 3 classes, 1st class (___clergy_____) ,2nd class
(____nobility______) and the __3rd___ class (commoners)
3. The king was forced to call the meeting of the ______Estate General________in May
1789 , which became the immediate cause of the French Revolution
4. The French soldiers took part in the American Revolution and brought the ideas of
_____equality_______ and ____liberty_____ back to France, encouraging the French to
overthrow the absolute government.
5. The 3rd estate withdrew from the________Estate General________to form the
________National Assembly___________, which the members met at a tennis court
and would not disband unless the king, _____Louis XVI______ introduces a constitution.
6. France became a _________Constitutional Monarchy____________ between 1791 &
1792, then a republic .
7. _______Napoleon_________ defended France against invasion and became a national
hero
8. The national hero introduced ________Code Napoleon_______ to protect laws of rights
of the people. His power started to decline when he lost the _______Battle of
Waterloo_________in 1808. He then lost to an anti-French coalition and was exiled to
16 ______St.Helena__________.
9. The European leaders held the ______Congress of Vienna_______ , aiming to restore
old Europe, and prevent colonial expansion .
10. Austria , Prussia and Russia formed the ______Holy Alliance_______ to maintain
absolute rule

Long questions
1. What are the causes of the French revolution ? Please state 2 of them [6]
Political corruption and social inequality. The ruler, Louis XVI and the queen Marie Antoinette
lived an extravagant life, which made them unpopular among the French people. The society
4 was divided into three estates. The first two estates enjoy a lot of special rights and the Third
estate has to pay a lot of taxes. This led to discontent among the Third estate
2(a). Why were their disputes between the 1st + 2nd and the 3rd estate ? Please briefly
describe [2]
The First and the Second estate bruh
2(b). Please briefly describe the immediate cause of the French Revolution [6]
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What are liberalism & nationalism respectively ? [4]

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