the french revolution begins inequality leads to upheaval
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The French Revolution Begins
Inequality leads to upheaval
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Goals and Objectives
• Upon completion students should be able to:
1.Explain the political and social conditions of France prior to the revolution.
2.Detail the ways in which France was organized socially.
3.Describe the relationship between the French government and its three estates.
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The Old Order• The Old Regime – Social and
political system in France during the 1770’s
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The French social system
• Estates – Three social classes of France’s Old Regime
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The Estates• First Estate – Catholic
Clergy – own 10 percent land, pay few taxes
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• Second Estate – rich nobles – 2 percent population, own 20% of the land
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Third Estate• 97% of the people are
peasants, urban workers, middle class
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Taxation without privilege
• Few privileges, pay heavy taxes, want change
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Force of Change• Enlightenment ideas inspire
some in Third Estate
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Economic Troubles• High taxes and rising costs
damage economy by 1780’s
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• King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette known for extravagance
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Rising debt in France
• Louis doubles nation’s debt; banks refuse to lend more money
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A Weak Leader• Louis’s poor decisions and lack
of patience add to France’s problems
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• He calls the Estates-General – meeting of Representatives from all three estates
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Revolution• The National Assembly – Third
Estate has little power under old rules
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• Third Estate sets up National Assembly – new legislature to make reforms
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• Tennis Court Oath – delegates decide to write new constitution for France
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Violence Begins• Rumors fly in Paris that
Louis wants to suppress the National Assembly
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Storming of the Bastille
• Mob attacks and seizes the Bastille (prison) and kills guards July 14, 1789
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Rebellion and Fear• The Great Fear – peasant
attacks throughout France begin after panic and rumors spread
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• Peasants destroy legal papers binding them to feudal system
• October 1789 women revolt over price of bread
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Louis Returns• Revolt forces Louis to return
to Paris from Versailles