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French Revolution

French Revolution. Background. A. long range problems B. immediate problems C. American Revolution. Long Range Problems. Make up of society Estates (3) Abuses of the clergy Ideas of the Enlightenment had spread and there was a disconnect between what was thought and done.

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French Revolution

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  1. French Revolution

  2. Background • A. long range problems • B. immediate problems • C. American Revolution

  3. Long Range Problems • Make up of society • Estates (3) • Abuses of the clergy • Ideas of the Enlightenment had spread and there was a disconnect between what was thought and done

  4. Immediate Problems • Collapse of the country’s finances • 1/3 of population in poverty • Yet king and queen continue to spend • Estates General must be called

  5. American Revolution • Colonists had thrown off the yoke of Great Britain and now are free country • French had helped and take ideas of liberty, fraternity, and equality back to France.

  6. National Assembly • Representatives of each estate met to fix the economic situation • The estates were not even in representatives which affected voting • Swear oath to meet until decision is reached- Tennis Court Oath • Peasants stormed the Bastille and king’s authority collapses • More rebellions begin- Great Fear

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