HW #6

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The causes of the French Revolution

This cartoon was produced in the 1780s and is a comment on the social situation in France at that time. It can be used to help explain the causes of the French Revolution of 1789.

You have two tasks for this piece of homework. You should use your knowledge and evidence from your lessons on the causes of the French Revolution to help you complete the tasks.

1. Label the three figures in the cartoon by writing in the spaces provided:
o Peasant
o Priest
o Noble

















2.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Use your own knowledge to explain how the cartoon can be used to describe the causes of the French Revolution.