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# The Bourgeois Revolution in France (1789-99) 1. **a) What was the name of the old French Parliament?** The old French Parliament was called the Estates-General (EG). 1. **b) How many chambers were there and what categories were represented in each?** There was the First Estate (clergy),...

# The Bourgeois Revolution in France (1789-99) 1. **a) What was the name of the old French Parliament?** The old French Parliament was called the Estates-General (EG). 1. **b) How many chambers were there and what categories were represented in each?** There was the First Estate (clergy), the Second Estate (nobility), and the Third Estate (bourgeoisie and peasantry). 1. **c) When did the national day of France become 14 July? And what happened?** 14 July 1789, the Bastille was taken. 2. **a) What was the name of the first document of rights?** The first document of rights was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. 2. **b) When was it adopted?** 26 August 1789. 3. **c) What are the 4 revolutionary clubs?** 1. Jacobins (radical left, led by M. Robespierre) 2. Girondins (moderate left) 3. Cordeliers (strong) 4. Feuillants (moderates)