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Causes of the French Revolution

Causes of the French Revolution. Take notes from the film. List the 3 causes of the French Revolution. Describe who are the 3 Estates. First Estate – Second Estate – Third Estate - 3. What U.S. document gave the French peasants the incentive to revolt?

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Causes of the French Revolution

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  1. Causes of the French Revolution

  2. Take notes from the film • List the 3 causes of the French Revolution. • Describe who are the 3 Estates. • First Estate – • Second Estate – • Third Estate - 3. What U.S. document gave the French peasants the incentive to revolt? http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/18457-the-french-revolution-causes-of-the-revolution-video.htm

  3. What do we see in the picture?

  4. People of France were divided into three estates: • FIRST ESTATE: made up of clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; • scorned Enlightenment ideas ---- • (owned 10% of all land)

  5. SECOND ESTATE: made up of rich nobles • Held the highest offices in government • Disagreed with Enlightenment ideas • Owned 20% of all land

  6. 3. THIRD ESTATE: included bourgeoisie, urban lower class, and peasant farmers • Had no power to influence government • Embraced Enlightenment ideas • 98% of population

  7. WEAK LEADERSHIP: • Louis XVI became king in 1774 • Liked to spend large amounts of money • Borrowed heavy in order to help the Americans with their war • Bankers refused to lend the government any more money

  8. Louis XVI spent his time hunting, or tinkering with locks instead of attending to the details of governing • Married Marie Antoinette when he was 15 and she was was 14 • Marie was from Austria, enemy of France • Very unpopular with the people

  9. Liked to spend money on jewels, gowns, and gifts • Became known as “Madame Deficit”

  10. The Marble Court

  11. Latona Basin

  12. Chapel Royal

  13. REVOLUTION BEGINS: • Third estate unhappy with the heavy taxes & started to rebel • Storming of the Bastille: July 14,1789, mob tried to get gunpowder and weapons from the prison at Bastille. • Bastille =‘ed tyranny to the peasants • Angry crowd stormed the prison and took control • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17945-the-french-revolution-the-storming-of-the-bastille-video.htm

  14. Became a symbol for the revolution (national holiday today, similar to the U.S. Fourth of July)

  15. TERROR GRIPS FRANCE:

  16. Radicals execute the King in 1792 • Jacobin Club: radical group made up of middle class citizens, found the king guilty of treason and sentenced him and his wife to be killed http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10844-napoleon-the-french-revolution-and-the-reign-of-terror-video.htm

  17. Maximilien Robespierre: leader of the radicals, started the “Reign of Terror”—1793-1794 • Killed thousands of people who were “enemies of the republic” • 85% were common people • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/18303-the-french-revolution-the-reign-of-terror-video.htm

  18. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE:

  19. 7 Causes of the French Revolution

  20. Answers

  21. C – it had no political voice • A –The Third Estate is the backbone of France

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